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Review
. 2022 Jun 28;19(13):7942.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph19137942.

Histological and Biological Response to Different Types of Biomaterials: A Narrative Single Research Center Experience over Three Decades

Margherita Tumedei  1   2 , Eitan Mijiritsky  3   4 , Carlos Fernando Mourão  5 , Adriano Piattelli  2   6   7   8   9 , Marco Degidi  10 , Carlo Mangano  11 , Giovanna Iezzi  2   12
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Histological and Biological Response to Different Types of Biomaterials: A Narrative Single Research Center Experience over Three Decades

Margherita Tumedei et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Background: In more than three decades of work of the Retrieval Bank of the Laboratory for Undemineralized Hard Tissue Histology of the University of Chieti-Pescara in Italy, many types of biomaterials were received and evaluated. The present retrospective review aimed to evaluate the histological and biological aspects of the evaluated bone substitute biomaterials.

Methods: In the present study, the authors prepared a retrospective analysis after the screening of some databases (PubMed, Scopus, and EMBASE) to find papers published from the Retrieval Bank of the Laboratory for Undermineralized Hard Tissue Histology of the University of Chieti-Pescara analyzing only the papers dealing with bone substitute biomaterials and scaffolds, in the form of granules and block grafts, for bone regeneration procedures.

Results: Fifty-two articles were found, including in vitro, in vivo, and clinical studies of different biomaterials. These articles were evaluated and organized in tables for a better understanding.

Conclusions: Over three decades of studies have made it possible to assess the quality of many bone substitute biomaterials, helping to improve the physicochemical and biological properties of the biomaterials used in daily clinical practice.

Keywords: bone substitutes; grafts; scaffolds; tissue engineering.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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PRISMA flowchart of the included studies.
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