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B H Colmery
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Composite restorative dentistry.
Modern composite restorative materials offer the veterinarian greater flexibility in the repair of damaged teeth. An understanding of the make-up of these materials is essential to maximize the effectiveness of the repairs. Endodontic disease was once ignored and is now treated on a daily basis. Newer composite restorations offer an effective means of protecting the sensitive pulp from bacterial invasion and allow the veterinarian to restore the tooth to function.
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The use of a particulate, microporous, calcified copolymer as a ridge maintenance device in dogs.
HTR polymer Synthetic Bone was found to be an osteoconductive, biocompatible, reliable nonresorbable matrix ridge maintenance material (Ridge Preservation). When used as socket implants immediately after the extraction of teeth over a one-year period in 16 beagle dogs, HTR was observed clinically and radiographically and compared with controls (unimplanted, sutured) extraction sites. As the control areas resorbed, the stability and effectiveness of the synthetic bone material in the operative sites became more clearly delineated. Quantitative analyses could not be made using radiographic techniques, but radiographs supported by subjective clinical observations as well as study casts taken of the height and width of the implanted areas, showed greater ridge retention compared with controls. Histological sections demonstrated dense laminar bone gradually forming into and around the HTR particulate material.
Alveolar Bone Loss↗