Dentistry

Alfred Joseph O Valera

Publications

• Case Report
  Autogenous Tooth Bone Graft Block For Socket Preservation: A One-Stage Technique
  Author(s): Young Kyun Kim, Kimberly Ray R Fajardo, Alfred Joseph O Valera and In-Woong UmYoung Kyun Kim, Kimberly Ray R Fajardo, Alfred Joseph O Valera and In-Woong Um
  
  To replace the autogenous bone block graft in socket preservation technique that has disadvantages despite gold standard such as second surgery, more healing period and cost, the author introduces the surgical technique and five-year clinical outcome of using preformed autogenous tooth bone graft block (ABTB) which was fabricated from the patient’s own extracted tooth, with simultaneous implant placement. Evaluations of the five-year clinical outcome were also performed with cone beam computed tomography (CBCT). ABTB is root dentin block composed of Type I collagen matrix with several osteoinductive non-collagenous proteins such as bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP) and dentin matrix proteins. Geometrically, alveolar bone morphology was maintained by ABTB as well as it has micropores (dentinal tubules) of 3-5 μm diameter and macropores of 0.2-0.3 mm diameter for enha.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-1122.1000414

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