Bone graft biomaterials were routinely used in various dental applications especially in implantology, prosthodontics and maxillofacial surgery.
The graft material might be transferred from one area to the other area in the same patient (autografts), obtained from another patient (allografts), received from different species (xenografts) or implanted synthetic (alloplastic raft).
Autogenous bone graft had certain disadvantages; because it need surgical procedure to be harvested; which created certain complications including; increased operative time and blood loss.
The recent biomimic bone substitutes were found to markedly enhance the alveolar bone regeneration, periodontal regeneration, horizontal and vertical hard and soft tissue augmentation.
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