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The value of osseous coagulum as a graft material
Author(s) -
Freeman E.,
Turnbull R. S.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of periodontal research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.31
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0765
pISSN - 0022-3484
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0765.1973.tb00762.x
Subject(s) - calvaria , parietal bone , medicine , anatomy , dentistry , bone grafting , skull , biology , biochemistry , in vitro
Osseous coagulum is regarded by some clinicians as a useful material for grafting in procedures aimed at bone replacement. Its value in this regard has been assessed experimentally. Holes ∼ 2 mm in diameter were made in the right and left parietal bones of 15 middle‐aged Wistar‐strain albino rats weighing ∼ 500 g. Osseous coagulum was obtained from the interparietal bone, and was placed into the left hole, while the right served as a control. Three of the animals were injected with tetracycline; these animals were sacrificed at 4, 8 and 12 weeks postoperatively, and undemineralized sections of their calvaria were viewed in ultraviolet light to assess accretion of new bone. The remaining 12 animals were sacrificed at postoperative intervals of 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 and 12 weeks, and serial sections of their calvaria were examined by routine histological methods. The observations indicate that, in this system in which repair is normally poor, osseous coagulum consistently did not appear to have induced the formation of new bony callus. These findings bring into question the value of using osseous coagulum as an autograft in clinical periodontal procedures aimed at restoring the attachment apparatus.