Published in November 1986
Bone graft using an amniotic membrane in bone surgery
GUSTAVO PETTI
Physician and Surgeon specializing in Dentistry. Periodontist.
Piazza Repubblica 4, 09129 Cagliari, Italy.
tel ++39 070 498159, fax ++39 070 400164
web site www.gustavopetti.it

 

9. A block of Interpore 200, pre-shaped to fit the bone defect, is positioned in the defect
10. The finished implant 11. The external surface of the implant and the root are treated with fibrin glue
12. The amniotic membrane during positioning on implant 13. The amniotic membrane is shaped to the bone and implant as well as to the convexity of the root in the part contiguous to the implant
14. Suturing is completed with single stitches, already partially prepared (Fig. 8) to facilitate grafting of the amniotic membrane 15. Healing tissues, twelve days after operation
16. X-ray of bone defect before implant
17. Left: X-ray of bone defect after implant
References

1. B. ELLEGAARD, "Bone grafts in periodontal attachment procedures", Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 5, extra issue, 1976
2. E.B. KENNEY, V. LEKOVIC, T. HAN, J.R. CAR- RANZA, B. DIMITRIJEVIC, "The use of a Porous Hydroxilapatite Implant in Periodontal Defects I. Clinical resulte after six months", J. Periodontal, 56: 82, 1985
3. I. MAGNUSSON, L. RUNSTAD, S. NYMAN, J. LINDHE, "A long junctional epithelium. A locus minoris resistentiae in plaque infection?", Journal of Clinical Periodontology, V., 10, 3, 333, 1983
4. S. NYMAN, J. LINDHE, T. KARRING, "Reattachment-new attachment", Journal of Clinical Periodoatology, 409-432, 1983
5. G. PETTI, "L'impiego di membrana amniotica a protezione della zona donatrice di un innesto libero", Il Dentista Moderno, 5: 895- 897, 1986
6. G. PETTI, "Impianto di idrossiapatite microporosa con conservazione della papilla a protezione della zona ricevente", Il Dentista Moderno, 4: 667-678, 1986