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Regeneration
of tissues, in contrast to grafting them, is one of the ideals that
surgeons strive for but so far yields limited success. In
periodontal surgery considerable efforts have been made to stimulate the
regrowth of missing bone using various materials. In theory,
placing a physical barrier to isolate the slowly healing bone area of
the surgical wound from the rapidly healing gingival tissues will allow
the bone to regenerate by itself.
This technique is often called Guided Tissue Regeneration or Guided Bone Regeneration. The results can be good, but like almost all other new ideas this one too has limitations. We use barriers to enhance the success of bone grafts, but we don't use the technique without a bone graft and we never use it to grow gums. Select from the topics above, or use the Search feature to find what you are looking for. If you have questions, feel free to contact us. |
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