title: A model for the evaluation of mandibular bone response to implant materials.
abstract: An in vivo animal (goat) mandibular bone model has been evaluated for the cortical and trabecular bone response to biomaterials with different elastic modulus and/or different surfaces. The effect of the elastic modulus on the bone formation was also studied. The difficulties encountered in orientation of the implants probably could have been surmounted if pre-operative radiographs had been available. It was also established that there is a large variance in the amount of trabecular and cortical bone in the mandible of the goat 'bone model'.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomaterials, University of Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: I P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: van Rossen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: de Groot
mesh_terms: D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D015921:Dental Implants; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D017886:Durapatite / Q000737:chemistry; D004548:Elasticity; D005260:Female; D006041:Goats; D006244:Hardness; D008334:Mandible / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D008768:Methylmethacrylates / Q000737:chemistry; D016348:Osseointegration; D013499:Surface Properties; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D017886:Durapatite; D014025:Titanium; D000537:Aluminum Oxide