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Osteotome sinus elevation and implant placement with narrow size bioactive glass
J A Leonetti1, H M Rambo, R R Throndson
1Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA.
Implant Dentistry
|April 20, 2001
Abstract:
A procedure using osteotomes and bioactive glass as an alloplastic bone graft material is discussed, and three clinical cases are reviewed. Bioactive glass of a narrow size range (300-355 microns) has been shown to be osteoconductive and allows for good integration and regeneration of surrounding bony tissue. We have found this technique to be a predictable method of preparing and placing longer implants in the region of the maxillary premolar region without the need for additional donor site morbidity.