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We aimed to determine whether treatment with a CD38-specific inhibitor (78c) in mice with experimental periodontitis could alleviate alveolar bone loss and enhance NAD+ levels in tissues compared with vehicle treatment. Twenty young (2-month-old) and twenty old (18-month-old) male C57BL\/6J mice with experimental periodontitis were treated with either vehicle or 78c twice daily via intraperitoneal injection for 4 weeks. The liver, spleen, and right maxillary tissues were harvested to analyze NAD+ levels. The left maxillary tissues were scanned by micro-CT. Then, the left maxillary tissues were processed for tissue sectioning and stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&amp;E) and tartrate\u2212resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP). Treatment with 78c significantly enhanced NAD+ levels in the liver and spleen of both young and old mice, and significantly increased NAD+ in the right maxilla of old mice compared with vehicle treatment. 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