title: Long-term results of the application of solvent-dehydrated bone xenograft and duramater xenograft for the healing of oroantral osseous defects: a pilot experimental study.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the long-term effects of the use of human cadaveric solvent-dehydrated bone graft and duramater as a barrier membrane for the treatment of oroantral communication. Standard oroantral osseous defects were created in five minipigs. Subjects received cancellous bone graft in the form of block or microchips, duramater or a combination of bone and membrane. Uneventful healing was achieved in all of the subjects, clinically including the control site which did not receive any material. The operated bone segments were evaluated both by radiological and histological examinations after 6 months. Radiological evaluation was carried out using bone density analysis software and histological evaluation made by light microscopy. Radiological and histological results revealed that bone grafting of oroantral osseous defects improved the bone quality. However, application of duramater did not change this activity, both alone or combined with bone grafts. Within the limits of this experimental study, although solvent-dehydrated bone grafts were found superior and could be applied for the healing of osseous oroantral defects, resorbable membranes did not contribute to this process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey. denizcet@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Sedat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cetiner
authors.forename: Emin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Esen
authors.forename: Yakup
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ustün
authors.forename: Haluk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oztunç
authors.forename: Ilhan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tuncer
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000818:Animals; D001861:Bone Regeneration; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D002102:Cadaver; D003890:Desiccation / Q000379:methods; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000637:transplantation*; D048091:Guided Tissue Regeneration / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D009957:Oroantral Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013552:Swine; D013556:Swine, Miniature; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
chemical_list: D008567:Membranes, Artificial