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Volume 10 , Issue 4
July/August 1995
Pages 421-428

Healing of Bone Defects in Combination With Immediate Implants Using the Membrane Technique

Michael Augthun, Priv-Doz Dr Med Dent/Murat Yildirim, Dr Med Dent/Hubertus Spiekermann, Prof Dr Med, Dr Med Dent/Stefan Biesterfeld, Dr Med

PMID: 7672843

Twenty Brånemark implants were placed with membranes (Gore-Tex Augmentation Material) as immediate or delayed implants in the extraction sockets of 15 patients. Membrane perforations through the mucous membrane occurred in 10 patients after 6 to 24 weeks and once after 2 weeks. Histologic examination of 15 tissue samples taken when the membrane was removed showed genuine bone regeneration in three patients, connective tissue regeneration with intermittent bone regeneration in eight patients, purely fibrous healing in two patients, and inflammatory granulation tissue in two patients. The high proportion of membrane perforations with immediate implants should be taken into account in the assessment and clinical application of this therapy principle. (Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants 1995;10:421–428)

Key words: extraction sockets, guided bone augmentation, implants, wound healing

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