Chitosan-based biomaterials used in critical-size bone defects: radiographic study in rat's calvaria

OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated, using digital radiographic images, the action of chitosan and chitosan hydrochloride biomaterials, with both low and high molecular weight, used in the correction of critical-size bone defects (CSBD's) in rat's calvaria. MATERIAL AND METHOD: CSBD's wit...

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Main Authors: Rubens Spin-Neto, Felipe Leite Coletti, Rubens Moreno de Freitas, Chaíne Pavone, Sérgio Paulo Campana-Filho, Rosemary Adriana Chiérici Marcantonio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista
Series:Revista de Odontologia da UNESP
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-25772012000500003&lng=en&tlng=en