title: Bioactive glass efficacy in the periodontal healing of intrabony defects in monkeys.
abstract: The purpose of this study was the histomorphologic analysis of the efficacy of bioactive glass particles with a narrow size range (Biogran) in the periodontal healing of 2-wall intrabony defects in monkeys. The 2-wall defects were made in the mesial area of the left and right second premolars of four monkeys, filled with gutta-percha and, after 15 days, they were debrided and either naturally filled with coagulum (control) or implanted with bioactive glass (test). In the control sites, the junctional epithelium migrated up to the base of the defect. The presence of newly formed cementum was more significant in the test defects. Both control and test sites showed newly formed bone at the base of the defect. The test defects presented foci of newly formed bone around and within the glass particles localized in the middle third, distant from the defect walls. Histologic analysis showed that the 300- to 355-microm bioactive glass particles aided new periodontal insertion. In conclusion, the tested bioactive glass had better healing potential than debridement only. The graft material showed a promising inhibition of apical migration of the junctional epithelium and greater cementum deposition on the radicular surface of the intrabony defects. The replacement of bioactive glass particles by new bone occurred due not only to an osteoconductive property, but also to an osteostimulatory capacity. Future investigations should evaluate this potential comparatively or together with other grafting materials, regenerative techniques and biological modifiers, as well as assess the longitudinal stability of the new attachment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bucco-Maxillo-Facial Surgery and Traumatology and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Henrique
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Villaça
authors.forename: Arthur B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Novaes
authors.forename: Sérgio Luís Scombatti de
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taba
authors.forename: Gustavo Otoboni
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.forename: Teresa Lúcia Lamano
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Carvalho
mesh_terms: D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000601:surgery*; D000818:Animals; D001861:Bone Regeneration; D018786:Bone Substitutes; D002428:Cebus; D003739:Dental Cementum / Q000502:physiology; D004846:Epithelial Attachment / Q000502:physiology; D005898:Glass; D008297:Male
chemical_list: C073544:Biogran; D018786:Bone Substitutes