Contemporary Clinical Dentistry (Jan 2016)

Bone defect rehabilitation using lyophilized bone preshaped on a stereolithographic model

  • Lauren Oliveira Lima Bohner,
  • Eduardo Mukai,
  • Sueli Mukai,
  • Pedro Tortamano,
  • Newton Sesma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-237x.188578
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 3
pp. 398 – 400

Abstract

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Bone grafting provides ideal conditions to the patient′s rehabilitation with dental implants. In addition, prototyped tridimensional models allow the surgical procedure to be simulated and enable important anatomic structures to be visualized. To present a bone defect rehabilitated with xenogenic bone preshaped on a stereolithographic model and the follow-up after 7 years of treatment. The present case report describes a bone defect rehabilitated with a lyophilized bone block preshaped on a stereolithographic model. The patient, a 56-year-old woman, was referred to the dental office presenting a bone defect in the anterior maxilla. Bone regeneration intervention was performed with xenogenic grafting and barrier membrane. The follow-up of the postoperative period and after 7 years is presented. After 7 years, the tomographic exam showed the maintenance of bone at the grafted site, representing the long-term success of the treatment.

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