Kivovics Márton, Szabó Bence Tamás, Németh Orsolya, Czinkóczky Béla, Dőri Ferenc, Nagy Péter, Dobó-Nagy Csaba, Csönge Lajos, Lacza Zsombor, Mijiritsky Eitan, Szabó György
Serum albumin has been identified as an endogenous protein that is integral to early bone regeneration. We hypothesized that albumin addition to allografts may result in better bone remodeling than what can be achieved with anorganic xenografts. Sinus elevations were performed at 32 sites of 18 patients with the lateral window technique. Sites either received filling with an anorganic bovine bone mineral (ABBM, BioOss, Geistlich, CH) or albumin impregnated allograft (BoneAlbumin, OrthoSera, AT). After 6-months patients received dental implants and 16 bone core biopsy samples were obtained from the ABBM filled, and 16 from the BoneAlbumin augmented sites...
January 28, 2018: Materials