title: Comparative study of beta-tricalcium phosphate mixed with platelet-rich plasma versus beta-tricalcium phosphate, a bone substitute material in dentistry.
abstract: Animal experiments were carried out with osteoconductive bone substitute beta-tricalcium phosphate (beta-TCP), with the aim of assessing the effects of the growth factors synthesised by thrombocytes on the speed of beta-TCP incorporation and on the quality of newly formed bone. The question to be answered was the extent to which platelet-rich plasma (PRP) accelerated the resorption of beta-TCP and the formation of new bone. Two teeth were removed symmetrically from each side of the mandible of 12 Beagle dogs; the resulting cavities were filled on one side with beta-TCP alone, and on the other side with a mixture of beta-TCP + PRP (obtained from autologous blood). The quality of the newly formed bone and the effects of this PRP were studied by histological and histomorphometric methods. In week 6, bone formation was already more effective when PRP was applied in comparison with beta-TCP alone, and in week 12 the growth was significantly greater. The results demonstrate that the use of PRP accelerates the remodelling of new bone created by beta-TCP.
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis University, University School of Ph.D. Studies, Budapest, Hungary. katavetdent@uze.net
authors.forename: Katalin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kovács
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Velich
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Huszár
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Szabó
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Semjén
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reiczigel
authors.forename: Zsuzsanna
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Suba
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets; D018786:Bone Substitutes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002130:Calcium Phosphates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000662:veterinary; D004285:Dogs; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D016348:Osseointegration / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D018786:Bone Substitutes; D002130:Calcium Phosphates; C485817:beta-tricalcium phosphate; C018392:tricalcium phosphate