Clinical investigation on bioactive glass particles for dental bone defects

The research investigates the bioactive behaviour of a glass used as granules in dental bone defects. The materials was inserted in post-extractive defects to induce a bone growth for following dental implants. During the surgical manouvre of implantation a bone biopsy was extracted and analyzed hystologically and under Electron Scanning Microscope. The observations showed the integration of the granules in a new bone grown environment. Some of them appeared already degraded after six months from implantation.