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ArticleClinical and experimental dental research2021

Comparison of extraction sites versus artificial defects with xenogenic bone substitute in minipigs.

Constanze Steiner, Matthias Karl, Matthias W Laschke, Peter Schupbach, Andrea Venturato, Angelines Gasser

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Article in Clinical and experimental dental research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Constanze SteinerDepartment of Prosthodontics, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9841-5746
Matthias KarlDepartment of Prosthodontics, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
Matthias W LaschkeInstitute for Clinical and Experimental Surgery, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
Peter SchupbachLaboratory for Histology, Electron Microscopy and Imaging, Schupbach Ltd., Thalwil, Switzerland.
Andrea VenturatoNobel Biocare Holding AG, Kloten, Switzerland.
Angelines GasserNobel Biocare Holding AG, Kloten, Switzerland.
Saarland University · DEEvotec (United States) · USSwiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland) · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe preclinical evaluation of bone substitutes is frequently performed in artificially created defects. However, such defects do not reflect the predominant clinical application of bone substitutes for socket preservation. Hence, the goal of this animal study was to compare the performance of a xenogenic bone substitute in extraction sites versus artificial defects. MATERIAL AND

methodsFour study sites each were created in the mandibles of four minipigs in the region of the third premolars and first molars, respectively. On one side, fresh extraction sockets were established while contralaterally trephine defects were created in healed alveolar bone. All sites were augmented using a particulate xenogenic bone substitute, covered by resorbable membranes and allowed to heal for 12 weeks. The amounts of new bone, non-bone tissue and remaining bone substitute granules were quantified through histological and micro-CT analysis. Comparative statistics were based on t-tests for two samples and ANOVA with the level of significance set at α = 0.05.

resultsHistomorphometric data from only two animals could be quantitatively analyzed due to difficulty with identifying the surgical sites. The percentage of newly formed bone ranged between 53.2% ± 5.6% for artificial defects and 54.9% ± 12.4% for extraction sites. With the exception of ANOVA indicating a greater amount of non-bone tissue in extraction sites as compared to artificial sites (p = 0.047), no statistically significant differences were observed. Micro-CT scans showed patterns similar to the ones observed in histomorphometry. As extraction sites could be identified only in two micro-CT reconstructions, quantitative assessment was not undertaken.

conclusionsDespite the comparable performance of bone substitute material in artificial defects and extraction sites found here, the data gathered with this experiment was insufficient for showing equivalence of both approaches.

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Bone SubstitutesAnimalsHumansMineralsSwineSwine, MiniatureTooth ExtractionWound HealingBone SubstitutesMineralsartificial sitebone substitute materialextraction sitesocket preservation

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PMCPMC8404495
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