Discussions on Tissue Regeneration

We have good evidence that Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) and Bone Morphogenic Proteins (BMP) can significantly enhance osteogenesis. Should these become standard of care?

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 seen a new technique for augmentation of vertical height of bone on deficient alveolar ridges. You harvest autogenous bone and mix it with particulate bone graft material and/or particulate hydroxyapatite and deliver this on to the ridge.

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.

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 have just placed 2 Ankylos dental implants at the subcrestal postion in the mandible at the canine positions. On the left side there is 1mm attached gingival and on the right there is no attached gingival – just alveolar mucosa.

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.

I have placed 3 implants and grafted around the implants with autogenous bone chips and a non-resorbable titanium membrane 3 weeks ago.

I am a dental student and I am trying to figure out the difference between a dense-PTFE membrane and a expanded-PTFE membrane. What exactly is the difference?

I placed a dental implant in in the #4, 5 area 5-years ago using a 2-stage surgical protocol. The implant was restored with a cement retained PFM.

I recently became aware of a technique for using a balloon type device for expanding the alveolar ridge area prepatory to tissue expansion procedures. Has anybody used this approach for alveolar ridge augmentation?

I have just read about using Bone Morphogenic Protein (rhBMP-2)to grow new bone around dental implant fixtures where bone has been lost after initial placement (Implant Dentistry 2006;15:361).

Will I have tissue problems, especially plaque control, and how predictable is GBR after the implant has osseointegrated? How can I be sure that I have a “tension free” flap, which is, I think, is my biggest problem?

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