Open AccessBONE AUGMENTATION AND BIOPSY: CLINICAL REPORT
Author(s) -
Edwin L. C. Scher,
Paul M. Speight
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
implant dentistry
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1538-2982
pISSN - 1056-6163
DOI - 10.1097/00008505-199600540-00003
Subject(s) - dentistry , polytetrafluoroethylene , biopsy , bone biopsy , medicine , materials science , radiology , composite material
A mixture of demineralized freeze-dried cortical bone and beta-tricalcium phosphate covered by titanium-reinforced expanded polytetrafluoroethylene membranes was used for bone augmentation in an accident case in which a young female patient suffered anterior maxillary damage. Hydroxyapatite-coated implants were placed in the newly formed bone-like material before prosthodontic reconstruction. A biopsy suggests the bone-like material was essentially normal lamellar and woven bone.