Dimensional Ridge Preservation with a Novel Highly Porous TiO 2 Scaffold: An Experimental Study in Minipigs

Despite being considered noncritical size defects, extraction sockets often require the use of bone grafts or bone graft substitutes in order to facilitate a stable implant site with an aesthetically pleasing mucosal architecture and prosthetic reconstruction. In the present study, the effect of nov...

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Main Authors: Hanna Tiainen, Anders Verket, Håvard J. Haugen, S. Petter Lyngstadaas, Johan Caspar Wohlfahrt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Biomaterials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/851264