title: Healing and repair of osseous defects.
abstract: This article has discussed most of the modalities currently in use for the filling of bony defects. No one modality or combination of methods or materials has yet surfaced as the definitive means of treatment for filling these defects.
authors.affiliation: Section of Oral Biology, UCLA School of Dentistry 90024-1762.
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Bernard
mesh_terms: D000543:Alveoloplasty / Q000379:methods; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D015921:Dental Implants; D006801:Humans; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants