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A Clinical Evaluation of Proplast as a Periodontal Implant Material
Author(s) -
Radell Barry L.,
Cassingham R. Jack
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.036
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1943-3670
pISSN - 0022-3492
DOI - 10.1902/jop.1980.51.2.110
Subject(s) - implant , dentistry , medicine , dental implant , peri implantitis , surgery
F ive patients received a Proplast implant in combination two‐ and three‐wall osseous defects. In four of the cases the implant material was removed within 6 weeks due to failure to maintain primary closure over the Proplast and subsequent inflammation. One implant remained in place for 6 months with no apparent visual signs of inflammation. However, an 8 mm pocket remained, the area was reentered, and histologie sections made. The histologic sections revealed Proplast intermixed with bone, and the presence of foreign body giant cells.