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2 Implantology
While its introduction, platelet rich plasma, (PRP) raised In oral surgery and implantology it is particularly critical,
high hopes, which, due to its factors, improves ossification. as bone grafting is necessary in those cases and patients
But until now, we havent found such literature, where da- where there is not enough bone available. Thus, bone tak-
ta would prove the significantly beneficial combined effect ing which is necessary for bone transplant is limited.
of PRP and synthetic bone graftsrather, on the contrary,
in fact. While smaller augmentations where own bones are
used, the available amount of autologous bone can be
Bone grafts of xenograft are mainly of bio materials of bo- obtained from intraoral surgical intervention as well, but
vin origin, which consists of calcified matrix. One of them, for frequently applied sinus elevatio or bone demand of
called Bio-Oss is an efficient xenograft which can be used greater volume, autologous bone can be obtained from
safeit is a bone derivative of deproteinized and sterilized the iliac crest, by bone transplant. However, this opera-
bovin with 75-80% porosity. It has outstanding osseocon- tion is quite a serious one. The question arises, whether
ductive features. the second surgical intervention is proportionate to the
target of the original operation, therefore, the augmen-
Calcium phosphate cement (CPC, e.g. VitalOs) solidifies tation. It must be considered that the second surgical
very quickly, crosslinking around the formation of the new intervention increases the risk of the operation, and in
bone. most cases, in the donor region there is a stronger, lon-
ger lasting pain, moreover, there are more complications
happened than while the first intervention.
The most important features of bone
grafts Knowing these, several professionals pointed out the ne-
cessity of autologous bone grafting in the 1980s. There
The use of todays new bone grafts allows that contrary were countries, where the application of allogeneic bone
to spontaneous recovery, the regeneration shouldnt be transplant was a widely-spread method, while in oth-
scarring or connective tissue remodelling, which contain ersdue to legislative obstaclesit remained limited. The
the formation offrom the aspect of implantologyval- great advantage of this method is that there is no need for
ueless tissues. The material which is to be put in should a second surgical intervention. However, there is the dan-
meet several requirements. It shouldnt damage the im- ger that due to its not diagnosed disease, the donor may
plant receiver organism, it shouldnt contain any infectious transmit infections. Furthermore, rejection reaction may
agent, thus it shouldnt transmit any infections. If it is pos- also be possibleas in all cases of transplanted tissues.
sible, bone resorption should be continuous and synchro- It is true for the materials of the otherwise popular bovin
nized with osteogenesis, giving way to the forming new origin, as well.
bone tissue gradually. The principle of remodelling should The above risks may be prevented by the application of
be prevailed: the new bone should be similar to the orig- synthetic materials, which become more and more per-
inal one, moreover, it shouldnt delay but has a positive, fect and popular, while they are available without limits
osseoinductive influence on the ossification process, and and second surgical intervention. Disadvantage of them is
it shouldnt improve formation of bone at places where not to have any osseoinductive features. Regarding their
originallye.g. outside of periosteumthere wasnt any. chemical and physical features, the different known syn-
Application of own bone is known in several bone graft- thetic materials differ from eachother.
ing methods, and for more than 50 years it is applied with
success; however, there is a growing demand on other For the classification of alloplastic materials, resorption
type of bone grafting materials, as well. Beef bone, which tendency, phase-purity, solidity and porosity are import-
had been prevalent and successfully applied for decades, ant criteria.
seems to be excluded from the practice, while profession-
al attention turned towards other materials and new solu- Resorption tendency is one of the basic requirements
tions. for real regeneration, therefore, the ideal outcome of
the treatment. Formation of new bone simultaneously
with the complete resorption of the bone graft can lead
Bone grafting materials to the reparation of the original conditions, exclusively.
Phase-purity guarantees homogeneity and same absor-
For bone graftingas we know it very wellthere can be bency, which provides continuously solid augmentation
several materials applied. Here we cant afford to review under the resorption, as well. We know that foreign phases
the complete list of them, but we can highlight the most are absorbed in a slower manner, or they do are not ab-
typical ones introducing their features, as well. sorbed at allremaining in the new bone tissue forming
While the choosing, process the advantages and disad- small islands there. While the remodelling process, these
vantages of the available materials shall be considered. remaining islands obstruct the formation of bone trabecu-
All over the world, autologous bone grafts are still the gold lae appropriate to the direction of loading.
standard. From the aspect of biocompatibility, it is optimal. So as to avoid the early resorption of the augmentation
Although, its disadvantage is that it has limited availability, put in, thus the unsuccessful process, initial solidity is
while in all cases it needs a second surgical intervention. necessary, which ensures constant volume under the
4 Implantology
regeneration period. Porositythe appropriate pore It is an important issue that the rate of proliferation of
size of the bone graftenables veins grow into the aug- stem cells is improved by both growth factors. Howev-
mentation area, as well as the immigration of the cells er, as we can see, they do not result either in the faster
there. resorption of the augmentation, or in the delay of the
formation of new bone. It has been proven that the pos-
For nonabsorbable materials, such as hydroxyapatite (HA) itive effect of PRP results in the faster transformation of
or even for bone grafts of bovin origin, we know that there the new bone into a lamellar bone, which provides the
is only bone integration taking place there, as they do not appropriate bone density and quality soonerwhich is
improve the natural remodelling process of the bone ap- essential from the aspect of the stability of the implant.
propriate to the direction of loading. Therefore, these are
only reparations; so, the result of the treatment cannot be In the last years, the application of natural and synthetic
called regeneration. calcium phosphate ceramics appeared in bone grafting as
In practice, tricalcium-phosphate (TCP) is quite a popular a significant alternative solution. Regarding their mineral
and widely spread, absorbable material of ceramic nature, composition, features and micro architecture, these mate-
with two types of solidity available. The thermodynamic rials are quite similar to human trabecular bone, while they
type of it is less stable, whichunder physiological cir- show high affinity for proteins.
cumstancespartly transforms to hydroxyapatite (HA), According to their chemical composition, calcium phos-
while in situ establishes a foreign phase, which may have phate materialsapplied in practicecan be hydroxy-
an unfavorable effect on regeneration. apatites (HA), beta tricalcium phosphates (-TCP), the
combination of biphasic calcium phosphates and beta
Based on the experiences, the more stable type of TCP tricalcium phosphates (combination of HA and -TCP),
does not transform into any other material, and it resorbs and carbonate-free apatite. At the same time, litera-
in physicochemical way. In the last years, for augmenta- ture contains such modification processes, according to
tion purposes, synthetic, pure phase tricalcium phos- which a change in the content of the materials results
phate (-TCP) Cerasorb seemed to be proved. Based on in a significant change of the biological features of the
the experiences this material completely resorbs under a whole material. One of these successful modification
certain period of time, simultaneously with the formation processes is the substitution of phosphate with silicate
of new bone, thus it can be considered a real bone regen- ion (Si-CaP), which resulted in a material with new fea-
erative material. tures, which proved to be useful in the process of bone
formation.
In order to optimize the conditions of bone regeneration,
it is a widely-spread method to add platelet rich plas- Today, with the rapid development of dental implantolo-
ma (PRP) into the augmentation of the bone graft, which gy it has been clear that the most important requirement
can be generated under the treatment in the operating against bone grafting is the permanent result which lasts
theatre, from the own blood of the patient. Its growth for years and the remodelling of the bone grafting materi-
factor content has a positive influence on osteogenesis, al. Thus, it is a clear basic requirement against bone graft-
wound-healing and the regeneration of soft tissues. ing materials, that the human body should not give im-
It is known that the most important and contained at the mune response for them, and its application should cause
highest concentration growth factors are the platelet de- as small operational load on the patient as possible. It is
rived growth factor (PDGF) and the transforming growth also very important that the application of them should
factor (TGF- 1+2). Their high concentration in bone stock remain within the limits of costs.
is proven. According to the literature, platelets and bone
stock contain hundred times higher concentration of TGF-
than generally other tissues. We also know that on the BoneAlbumin
surface of osteoblasts we can find TGF- receptor of the
highest concentration. It indicates its important role in Regarding their features, all the traditional allografts,
bone regeneration. Based on clinical and animal experi- xenografts and synthetic materials are less valuable
ments, due to the influence of PDGF and TGF- , cells in- than own bone, this is why both tendencies (own and
volved in the regeneration process migrate to the place not own bone) have advantages and disadvantages.
of defect, where they will become active. For example,
macrophages, fibroblasts and monocytes release several The advantages of these tendencies mentioned, are com-
other growth factors, in order to improve the regenera- bined in a new method, where from a bone taken out of
tion process as well as angiogenesis. Besides the general alive and otherwise examined human by an orthopedic
stimulation of regeneration PDGF and TGF- have a direct operation experts create an alloplastic material, which
effect on osteoblasts, as well. From the results, we can following appropriate processesthey treat with albumin.
see that PDGF improves the chomotaxis of osteoblast pre- The created material, called BoneAlbumin, has become a
cursor cells, while TGF- improves the differentiation and part of the toolbox of dental implantology with features
proliferation of osteoblasts. It has also been proved, that significantly different from previous materials (Skaliczki G
TGF- obstructs the activity of osteoclast cells which are et al. 2013, Klra T et al. 2014, Horvthy D et al. 2016,
responsible for the breakdown of bone tissue. Schandl K et al. 2016).
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Type of intervention Male (pers.) Female (pers) Total (pers) Figure 2.1: P.I. with left side knife edged ridge of 23mm width.
Tooth extraction and/or immediate implantation 37 55 92
Bone compression 39 73 112
Horizontal bone expansion 59 65 124
Vertical bone expansion 18 22 40
Sinus lifting 14 16 30
Cyst bone graft 8 13 21
sszesen 176 244 419
Type of intervention Male (pers.) Female (pers.) Total (pers.) Figure 2.2: Bone splitting of the ridge with the help of the blade
Tooth extraction and/or immediate 13 18 31 of the magnetic hammer.
implantation
Bone compression 11 12 23
Horizontal bone expansion 7 9 16
Vertical bone expansion 3 3 6
Sinus lifting 10 11 21
Cyst bone graft 2 3 5
Total 46 56 102
Number of patients (pers.) Number of implants (pcs) Figure 2.3: Augmented width of ridge is of 5.5 mm.
Male 155 311
Female 247 524
Total 402 835
Case studies
Case 1 (abb 2)
For P.I. 58-year-old female patient in subtotal upper jaw
tooth loss, we made sinus lift on the right side, we ap-
Figure 2.4: Bone sample from the split ridge grafted with Bo-
plied BoneAlbumin (granules) as a bone grafting material. neAlbumin, 6 months after the augmentation. From the place of
The splitting of the quite thin alveolar process was made tooth number 1.6.
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Case 2 (abb 3)
For B.G. 65-year old male patient applied for prosthesis
implantation with total tooth loss in lower jaw, and, in up-
per jaw with 4 frontal teeth residual roots.
While the operation we removed the roots of the
teeth, we made sinus lift both sides of the quite thin
upper jaw with 12mm width, and we grafted al-
veoles with BoneAlbumin. Panoramic radiography
and CT images show the significant amount of bone
grafting. On the CT-image, at most parts, bone height
is around 12 mm.
Figure 3.3: Bone sampling from the place of tooth number 1.6., 6 Figure 3.7: The 4 pieces of implants put into the upper right
months later. quadrant.
Case 3 (abb 4)
B.J. 62-year old female patient had had fractured teeth
for 4 years with 2 pieces of zirconia implants in the upper
left molar region. We planned another zirconia implants
Figure 4.3: Removal of the soft tissue expander.
instead of the broken ones, following the removal of the
broken implants, bone grafting and another implantation
process.
While the first operation we applied soft tissue expand-
er, then with the help of bone trepan we removed the 2
pieces of broken implants. We split the knife edge ridge
with the help of the engraver of the magnetic hammer, we
made bone grafting, then we applied titanium mesh. While
the second operation following the ossification process,
to the augmented area we implanted 3 pieces of zirconia
implants of Denti-type. On the implants, we put zirconia
bridge.
Figure 4.8: The 3 pieces of zirconium implants put in, and the
width of ridge.
From blood
to bone.
Figure 5.7: 6 months after the augmentation, bone sampling
Figure 5.5: Cysts grafted with BoneAlbumin, following cystectomy. from the original place of the cyst, from BoneAlbumin.
From blood
to bone.
Figure 5.10: Panoramic radiography image after the implantation made 6 months after the bone grafting.