title: Vertical guided bone-graft augmentation in a new canine mandibular model.
abstract: Using the mandibular inferior border of four fox hounds from an extraoral approach, six high-profile Brånemark implants were placed in each animal and bone grafted. Graft materials studied included demineralized freeze-dried allograft with and without irradiation sterilization (3.8 x 10(4) Gy), corticocancellous iliac autograft, blood clot, and a control. Corticocancellous grafts were studied with and without expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (EPTFE) barriers. The barrier function improved both graft volume incorporated and bone-implant interface contact. The autograft performed better than the allograft. Irradiation of the allograft did not appear to affect graft performance. The barrier functioned to improve graft incorporation for augmentation and interface contact and gives credence to the use of barriers in conjunction with vertical augmentation grafting of jawbone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Dentistry, University of Colorado School of Dentistry, Denver, USA.
authors.forename: O T
authors.initials: OT
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Greer
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kassebaum
mesh_terms: D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000601:surgery; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005612:Freeze Drying; D016557:Guided Tissue Regeneration, Periodontal; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D016348:Osseointegration / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D008567:Membranes, Artificial