CLINICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL RESULTS IN ALVEOLAR RIDGE ENLARGEMENT USINGCORALLINE CALCIUM-CARBONATE

A very important parameter during the insertion of dental implants is the amount of bone present in a site. A regenerative procedure to incr ease the width and the height of bone is proposed with the use of occl usive barrier membranes and biomaterials. The authors used, in six pat ients with deficient alveolar ridges, prior to implant insertion, Bioc oral(R) gel particles in connection with expanded polytetrafluoroethyl ene membranes. After 6 months it was observed that a tissue similar to mature bone had regenerated under the membrane and microscopically it was observed that the Biocoral particles were still present and almos t all were completely surrounded by mature bone. (C) 1997 Elsevier Sci ence Limited.