Injectable bone applied for ridge augmentation and dental implant placement: human progress study.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to clinically evaluate the success of implants placed in conjunction with a new material, tissue-engineered bone, and the stability of the regenerated bone after functional loading on a long-term basis.


METHODS
The tissue-engineered bone was applied to 14 cases, in which 6 patients were with partially or totally edentulous arches scheduled for sinus floor grafting and 8 patients underwent concurrent onlay plasty.


RESULTS
This study showed that the injectable bone formation induced bone in this anatomical site in 100% of the patients. The results also indicate that it might be possible to achieve the osseointegration of simultaneous implant placements with the grafts.


CONCLUSIONS
It may be possible that injectable bone can shorten the period of implant treatment and reduce the patient's burden and expect good long-term prognosis.
Ueda
Minoru
M
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nagoya University, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan. mueda@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Yamada
Yoichi
Y
Kagami
Hideaki
H
Hibi
Hideharu
H
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods; D001861:Bone Regeneration; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000601:surgery; D045164:Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013516:Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic / Q000379:methods*; D053657:Platelet-Rich Plasma; D023822:Tissue Engineering