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. 2024 Jun;28(2):827-838.
doi: 10.1007/s10006-024-01216-3. Epub 2024 Jan 29.

Critical-sized marginal defects around implants treated with xenografts in rabbits

Akihisa Asano  1 , Samuel Porfirio Xavier  2 , Erick Ricardo Silva  2 , Kenzo Morinaga  1 , Daniele Botticelli  3   4 , Yasushi Nakajima  1 , Shunsuke Baba  1
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Critical-sized marginal defects around implants treated with xenografts in rabbits

Akihisa Asano et al. Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2024 Jun.

Abstract

Background: Healing of critical-size defects is a well-known problem that has been challenged in several studies. The aim of the experiment was to evaluate bone formation and osseointegration of implants installed in critical defects of the mandibular body simultaneously grafted with Bio-Oss® or Cerabone®.

Material and methods: Defects, 10 mm wide and 3 mm deep, were prepared at both lateral aspects of the mandible in 12 rabbits. One implant was installed in the center of the defect, and bovine xenografts produced either at low (Bio-Oss®; Low-T) or high (Cerabone®; High-T) temperatures were used to fill the defects. A collagen membrane was placed to cover the sites. Healing was evaluated 10 weeks after surgery.

Results: In both groups, most sites showed optimal healing with closure of the coronal entrance of the defects. However, residual defects occupied by soft tissues and biomaterial particles were observed, even though generally limited to some regions of the defect. Osseointegration of the implant surface in the region of the defect was poor in both groups.

Conclusions: Circumferential marginal critical-size defects around implants filled with bovine xenografts presented regions with a complete healing in both groups. However, the healing was not complete at all regions in most defects; therefore, a complete optimal healing of critical-size marginal defects cannot be predicted.

Keywords: Animal study; Biomaterial; Bone defect; Bone healing; Histology; Morphometry.

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