title: Effects of bone grafting on maxillary bone healing in the growing pig.
abstract: The healing of defects of the lateral wall of the maxilla was studied in the growing pig. In Series I the effect on bone healing of AAA-bone and Kiel bone was compared with that of autografts, and in Series II a comparison was made between autografts and AAA-bone implants. It was found that both autografts and AAA-bone implants improved the rate of healing, but the Kiel bone had no effect. Comparison between autografts and AAA-bone implants in Series II did not show any significant differences. Therefore. it was concluded that AAA-bone can be a useful substitute for autografts in grafting procedures in the maxilla.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002417:Cattle; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D010012:Osteogenesis; D013552:Swine; D013997:Time Factors; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous; D014945:Wound Healing