Histologic study of tissue response to implanted hydroxylapatite in two patients.
The tissue response to hydroxylapatite implants that had been used to augment deficient mandibular alveolar ridges was examined histologically in samples taken from two patients at five-months and one-year after implantation, respectively. New bone formation in the interparticular spaces was found in both cases. There was no evidence of foreign body response around the subperiosteal implanted particles.
D000368:Aged; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000517:prevention & control; D017886:Durapatite; D006801:Humans; D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D013516:Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic; D010012:Osteogenesis; D019736:Prostheses and Implants
D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D017886:Durapatite