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ArticleJournal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR2015

Comparative Evalution of G bone (Hydroxyapatite) and G-Graft (Hydroxyapatite with Collagen) as Bone Graft Material in Mandibular III Molar Extraction Socket.

Vijayendra Panday, Vivekananda Upadhyaya, Vikas Berwal, Kapil Jain, Nupur Sah, Partha Sarathi, Pushp Chander Swami

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Article in Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vijayendra PandayAssociate Professor (Periodontics), Department of Dentistry, SMIMS Gangtok E.Sikkim, India .
Vivekananda UpadhyayaProfessor and Head, Department of Periodontology, Hazaribag College of Dental Sciences , Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India .
Vikas BerwalSenior Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, PGIDS , Rohtak, India .
Kapil JainReader, Department of Periodontics, Peoples's College of Dental Sciences & Research Centre , Bhopal (M.P.), India .
Nupur SahReader, Department of Periodontics, YMT Dental College , Navi Mumbai, India .
Partha SarathiSenior Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, B.Borooah Cancer Institute , Guwahati, Assam, India .
Pushp Chander SwamiSenior Lecturer, Deparment of Oral Surgery And Maxillofacial Surgery, Maharaja Ganga Singh Dental College and Research Centre , Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, India .
Sikkim Manipal University · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBone grafting is a dynamic phenomenon. It is a surgical procedure that replaces missing bone with material either from patient's own body, or, an artificial, synthetic or natural substitute. A successful bone graft when applied, heals, becomes incorporated, re-vascularises and eventually assumes the form desired. AIMS AND

objectiveThe main purpose of this present study was to radiologically assess and compare the regenerative potential of hydroxyapatite with Collagen (G-Graft) and hydroxyapatite (G-Bone) and to evaluate the clinical usefulness of these materials to enhance bone healing in third molar extraction sites through bone formation. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe study was carried out in the Department of Oral & Maxillofacilal Surgery, patients were divided into three groups. The rationale for assigning the patients to the groups was strictly random: Group I - G-Graft (Hydroxyapatite with Collagen) was used as Bone graft material, Group II - Bone graft material used was G-Bone (Hydroxyapatite), Group III-control group (no grafts was used). Orthopentomogram(OPG) images were taken intra-operatively, just after extraction in the Group III (control), after extraction but before graft placement in Group I & II (study groups) and post-operatively at the end of first month and third month. Bone density of the post-extraction sockets was measured at four random areas through 'densitometric analysis' software in the OPG program (Kodak 8000C Digital Panoramic System, Eastman Kodak Company) and an average value was recorded at each review.

resultsThe percentage increase in bone density between 1(st) month & 3(rd) month was 7.55± 12.43 in Group I (G Graft), 4.41± 5.4859 in Group II (G Bone), while that Group III (control) was found to be -0.82 ± 3.96. The bone density increase was found to be statistically highly significant (p<0.01)) between all groups.

conclusionThe present study concluded that G-Graft has a definite regenerative potential and is better than G-bone and can be used in bony defects to enhance the bone healing without provoking any significant inflammatory process. The study also indicates that defects treated with G-Graft attain more density initially and that G-Graft enhances bone healing in early stage.

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