Effect of Demineralized Bone Matrix on Bone Growth within a Porous HA Material: A Histologic and Histometric Study

Autor: Christopher J. Damien, Annamarie B. Preweit, J. Russell Parsons, Ralph E. Holmes, Edwin C. Shors, Frank Huismans
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Journal of Biomaterials Applications. 9:275-288
ISSN: 1530-8022
0885-3282
DOI: 10.1177/088532829500900306
Popis: Coralline hydroxyapatite (cHA) is an osteoconductive material currently being used as a bone graft substitute. Created by the hydrothermal conversion of the calcium carbonate skeleton of coral to hydroxyapatite, this material has a porous structure similar to cancellous bone. Addition of demineralized bone matrix (DBM) would conceivably create a composite with both osteoconductive and osteoinductive properties. This pilot study evaluated the healing of rabbit cranial defects that had been filled with cHA or cHA augmented with a DBM gel formed by adding glycerol to the DBM particulate. Data from these were then compared to unfilled defects from a previous study. Results indicated enhancement of new bone formation and an increase in the rate of healing in the defects filled with the cHA-DBM gel composite. Further studies are warranted.
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