ArticleJournal of clinical and experimental dentistry2023
A randomised trial of the bone formation after maxillary sinus floor augmentation with bovine hydroxyapatite (Cerabone®) and Photobiomodulation: histomorphometric and immunohistochemical analysis.
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- Association Between Baseline Anti-HLA (Class I and II) and Anti-MICA Antibodies and Inflammatory Cell Infiltrates in Grafted Bone After Maxillary Sinus Floor Augmentation: An Exploratory Secondary Histological Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Bone Regeneration After Maxillary Sinus Augmentation with Allogeneic and Xenogeneic Biomaterials with Adjunctive Photobiomodulation: Histological and Radiological Secondary Outcomes of a Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2026Article
- Anorganic Bovine Bone vs. Biphasic Calcium Phosphate in a Large Series of Maxillary Sinus Floor Elevations-A Non-Randomized Clinico-Morphological Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Biofunctional response of a synthetic ceramic of 99.9% tricalcium phosphate associated with a heterologous fibrin biopolymer and infrared photobiomodulation.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Photobiomodulation Therapy Improves Repair of Bone Defects Filled by Inorganic Bone Matrix and Fibrin Heterologous Biopolymer.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: The use of non-autogenous biomaterial to increase bone height in the maxillary sinus has been shown to be effective, but the results are still inconclusive. Material and Methods: Eight participants were selected and included in the research. After surgical access with osteotomy on the lateral wall of both maxillary sinuses, these were filled with Cerabone®. Then, by blind randomization, they received one of the following treatments: Filling with Cerabone® (Control group); treatment with Photobiomodulation (PBM), filling with Cerabone® and treatment with low-power laser (PBM group). Biopsies were obtained 30 days after the surgery, using a 2.8 mm internal diameter trephine bur. Qualitative and quantitative histological analyzes were performed and immunohistochemical analyzes of osteocalcin (OCN) and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) were performed with scores for each of the biological events. Results: The Cerabone® biomaterial demonstrated a high degree of biocompatibility. New bone formation was observed in both groups. In the PBM group, there was greater bone formation and newly formed tissue in an advanced state of bone maturation. The immunostaining of OCN was greater at 30 days in the PBM group than in the control. There was no significant difference in TRAP immunostaining at 30 days between the groups. Conclusions: Low-power laser-mediated by PBM promoted greater bone formation; the newly formed tissue showed a more advanced state of bone maturation in maxillary sinuses filled with Cerabone® biomaterial and treatment with PBM, within the 30-day evaluation period.
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