title: Guided bone regeneration (GBR) on healing bone defects: a histological study in rabbits.
abstract: In this study, the effects of guided bone regeneration (GBR) on the healing of bone defects were evaluated. Resorbable membranes were placed in experimentally formed cavities in the right posterior tibia of 30 rabbits. Decalcified histological sections were evaluated using optical microscopy at 10, 20, and 30 days after GBR. Osteocondrial bone union, active bone formation and spongiosal bone formation values of the GBR group are higher than the control group. It was found that GBR technique had a positive and accelerating influence in all phases of bone healing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the Faculty of Dentistry at Atatürk University in Erzurum, Turkey. drmaslan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Muzaffer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.forename: Göksel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Simsek
authors.forename: Ertunç
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dayi
mesh_terms: D020341:Absorbable Implants; D000818:Animals; D001861:Bone Regeneration; D048091:Guided Tissue Regeneration; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011817:Rabbits; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013977:Tibia
chemical_list: D008567:Membranes, Artificial