Supraplant, a novel implant system based on the principle of guided bone generation. A preliminary study in the rabbit.
Supraplant, a novel implant system is tested on the top of the skull i n 6 rabbits. The results demonstrate that an implant which is placed on top of bone can be osseointegrated by the guided generation of new bone using membrane barriers.
Schmid
J
J
University of Berne, School of Dental Medicine, Berne, Switzerland.
Hämmerle
C H
CH
Stich
H
H
Lang
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NP
D000818:Animals; D001861:Bone Regeneration; D004867:Equipment Design; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D048091:Guided Tissue Regeneration; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D016348:Osseointegration; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011817:Rabbits; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery; D014025:Titanium
D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D014025:Titanium