Otolaryngology: Open Access
Open Access

Abstract

Bone regeneration is a complex, well-orchestrated physiological process of bone formation, which can be seen during normal fracture healing and is involved in continuous remodeling throughout adult life. However, there are complex clinical conditions in which bone regeneration is required in small or large quantity such as for loss of cortical bone at the time of implant placement, loss of bone due to peri-implantitis, skeletal reconstruction of large bone defects created by trauma, infection, tumor resection and skeletal abnormalities or cases in which the regenerative process is compromised including a vascular necrosis, atrophic non-unions and osteoporosis. Currently, there is a plethora of different strategies to augment the impaired or insufficient bone-regeneration process including the �Gold Standard� autologous bone graft, free fibula vascularized graft, allograft implantation and use of growth factors, osteo conductive scaffolds, osteo progenitor cells and distraction osteogenesis. Improved local strategies in terms of tissue engineering and gene therapy or even systemic enhancement of bone repair are under intense investigation, in an effort to overcome the limitations of the current methods to produce bone-graft substitutes with biomechanical properties that are as identical to normal bone as possible to accelerate the overall regeneration process or even to address systemic conditions such as skeletal disorders and osteoporosis. Over the past year we have seen new products approved and released to the market. And the pipeline of therapies on the horizon continues to expand. This paper demonstrates the various approaches, material, implants produced by various commercial companies to reconstruct soft and hard tissue defects and its application in implant dentistry and oral surgery.

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