title: Periodontal repair in dogs: rhBMP-2 significantly enhances bone formation under provisions for guided tissue regeneration.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) has been shown to support the regeneration of alveolar bone and periodontal attachment in surgically created periodontal defects and in defects with a history of dental plaque and calculus exposure. Periodontal regeneration has also been shown following guided tissue regeneration using space-providing expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) devices. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of rhBMP-2 on regeneration of alveolar bone and periodontal attachment used in conjunction with a space-providing ePTFE device.
  
  
  METHODS
  Routine, critical-size, 5-6 mm, supra-alveolar, periodontal defects were created around the third and fourth mandibular premolar teeth in four young adult Hound Labrador mongrel dogs. rhBMP-2 (0.2 mg/ml) in an absorbable collagen sponge (rhBMP-2/ACS) or buffer/ACS (control) implants were randomly assigned to be placed around the premolar teeth in the left and right jaw quadrants in subsequent animals. Space-providing ePTFE devices with 300-microm laser-drilled pores, 0.8 mm apart, were used to cover the rhBMP-2 and control implants. The gingival flaps were advanced for primary wound closure. The animals were euthanized at 8 weeks postsurgery for histologic and histometric analyses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Bone regeneration and ankylosis were significantly increased in jaw quadrants receiving rhBMP-2/ACS compared to control (bone height 4.8+/-0.3 versus 2.0+/-0.2 mm, p=0.001; bone area 10.9+/-1.3 versus 1.4+/-0.1 mm2; p=0.009, and ankylosis 2.2+/-0.2 versus 0.04+/-0.7 mm; p=0.01). No differences between groups were found for cementum regeneration and root resorption.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  rhBMP-2 significantly enhances regeneration of alveolar bone in conjunction with a space-providing, macroporous ePTFE device for GTR.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Applied Periodontal and Craniofacial Regeneration, Department of Periodontology, Temple University School of Dentistry, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. ulf.wikesjo@temple.edu
authors.forename: Ulf M E
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Wikesjö
authors.forename: Andreas V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Xiropaidis
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: Alonzo D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Knut A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Selvig
authors.forename: W Ross
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Hardwick
mesh_terms: D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000601:surgery*; D000818:Animals; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001861:Bone Regeneration / Q000187:drug effects*; D003094:Collagen; D004285:Dogs; D004337:Drug Carriers; D016557:Guided Tissue Regeneration, Periodontal / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D010513:Periodontal Ligament / Q000187:drug effects; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D020254:Tooth Ankylosis / Q000209:etiology; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta
chemical_list: C525718:BMP2 protein, human; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D004337:Drug Carriers; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; C499469:recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D003094:Collagen