Discussions on Bone Grafting

I read an article in a peer reviewed dental journal describing a new technique for achieving more predictable results in bone grafting implants where the threads have been exposed.

I was wondering if I would decrease my chance for post-operative infection if I mix an antibiotic with the bone graft material?

How long do you have to wait after a hip graft before placement of implants in the maxilla?

I have a healthy young adult male who is missing #7 and I’m planning a single free-standing dental implant fixture. The buccolingual dimension of the alveolar ridge in that area appears to have a buccal concavity.

Can I place the implant and then pack the Puros around it?

I’m not sure if I will be able to achieve primary stability. If not, do I have to go back in and to remove the titanium screws that I used to hold the block graft in place?

I have seen advertisements for Osteocel, which describe this as a bone matrix product containing stem cells

I re-entered the site and placed two implants. The block graft cracked. I filled the fractured areas with Bio-Oss and covered it with a membrane.

I have an implant case which involved ridge splitting, implant placement, guided bone regeneration using Bio-Oss (Osteohealth) and Epiguide membrane (Riemser) in the left posterior mandible area (35-37).

I know this seems like a silly question but is it possible to have an allergic reaction to Bio-Oss or Bio-Gide (Gestlich)?

I sent a dental implant patient over to my oral surgeon to find out if he could have a bone graft on his maxillary alveolar ridges to increase bone height, width and volume.

For personal religious reasons I do not want animal or human bone graft material to be placed in my body.

Should I expect my periodontist or oral surgeon to use BMP or PRP or any of the new bioactive materials to promote osseointegration?

Does anyone have experience with Grafton Flex, a demineralized bone fiber product?

I am planning to perform a bone augmentation procedure on this region before doing implant placement using a Tutoplast graft.

I am currently placing allograft material in my extraction sites with Calcium Sulfate mixed in.

Does any one have any first hand experience either good or bad with Algipore?

The CBVT scan reveals a very enlarged incisive canal which runs parallel to and extends well beyond the adjacent roots.

Recently I heard a colleague talking about the effects of alpha-chymotrypsin on the bone graft material and the membrane used to cover the graft.

I performed site preservation at site #19 with BioOss and Collatape coverage and a few days later the Collatape membrane became dislodged, exposing the graft site.

Recently we extracted lower left second premolar which had a huge odontogenic cyst. Although the tooth was root canal treated the cyst persisted and eventually we had to extract the tooth. Should we have grafted that area with mineralized particulate bone and covered with a resorbable collagen membrane at the time of the surgery and then obtained primary closure?

I am an Internist and one of my patients had bone grafting done in preparation for dental implants. She has HORRIBLE sinus issues and we are headed into her bad season

I have heard a lot of good things about PDGF-BB. You can mix it with the bone graft material to increase healing. What are your thoughts on this material?

I am looking for a simple and inexpensive bone graft material and I have read about Foundation [J. Morita], which is collagen-based.

Is anybody aware of any patients developing prion or other bacterial infections following bone grafting procedures?