“…The dietary aspects of this study, as well the surgical procedures, were based on previously published studies which also analyzed the influence of alcohol consumption (20%) and estrogen deficiency in the periodontium of rats (Alonso, Souza, Balducci, & Rocha, 2016;Marchini et al, 2012Marchini et al, , 2014 or other rat tissues (de Deco et al, 2011;Lodi, Marchini, Santo, Rode, & Rocha, 2016;Salgado, Marchini, Tera, Rocha, & Marchini, 2015). However, it is important to highlight that the present study is not part of the abovementioned studies, as we used different animals and different analyses.…”