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ArticleDentistry journal2020

Osseous Healing in Surgically Prepared Bone Defects Using Different Grafting Materials: An Experimental Study in Pigs.

Savvas Titsinides, Theodore Karatzas, Despoina Perrea, Efstathios Eleftheriadis, Leonidas Podaropoulos, Demos Kalyvas, Christos Katopodis, George Agrogiannis

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Article in Dentistry journal, 2020. 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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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Savvas TitsinidesDental School, University of Athens, 2 Thivon Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1690-0831
Theodore KaratzasLaboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research "N. S. Christeas", Medical School, University of Athens, 75 M. Assias Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Despoina PerreaLaboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research "N. S. Christeas", Medical School, University of Athens, 75 M. Assias Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Efstathios EleftheriadisDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, University of Athens, 2 Thivon Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Leonidas PodaropoulosDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, University of Athens, 2 Thivon Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Demos KalyvasDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, University of Athens, 2 Thivon Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Christos KatopodisData Analysis, 7 Kozanis Street, 17673 Athens, Greece.
George Agrogiannis1st Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Athens, 75 M. Assias Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRHellenic Statistical Authority · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regeneration of large jaw bone defects still remains a clinical challenge. To avoid incomplete bone repair, bone grafts have been advocated to support the healing process. This study comparatively evaluated new bone formation among a synthetic graft substitute, a human bone derivative, and a bovine xenograft. Materials were placed in 3 out of the 4 bone cavities, while 1 deficit was left empty, serving as a control, in mono-cortical defects, surgically prepared in the porcine calvaria bone. Animals were randomized in 2 groups and euthanized at 8 and 12 weeks. Harvested tissue specimens were qualitatively evaluated by histology. New bone formation was quantitatively measured by histomorphometry. Maximum new bone formation was noticed in defects grafted with beta-tricalcium phosphate b-TCP compared to the other bone substitutes, at 8 and 12 weeks post-surgery. Bovine and human allograft induced less new bone formation compared to empty bone cavity. Histologic analysis revealed that b-TCP was absorbed and substituted significantly, while bovine and human allograft was maintained almost intact in close proximity with new bone. Based on our findings, higher new bone formation was detected in defects filled with b-TCP when compared to bovine and human graft substitutes.

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alveolar bone graftingbone regenerationbone replacement materialbone substitutes

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PMID31936576
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