title: Canine mandibular response to surfaced-textured hydroxylapatite blocks.
abstract: The response of bone to surface-textured dense hydroxylapatite (HA) was evaluated in interpositional and onlay grafts to the dog mandible. For surfaced-waffled HA blocks, bonding of bone to the HA stabilized the interpositional grafts within 4 weeks and the onlay grafts at 6 weeks. Bone conformed intimately to the textured HA surface. This study demonstrates the early bone response to surface-textured HA blocks in the dog.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, LSU School of Dentistry, New Orleans 70119.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Block
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Kent
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D008334:Mandible / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D006882:Hydroxyapatites