Guided bone regeneration

The number of biomaterials available is rising every year in the worldwide dental market. For dental professionals this is good news, because competition between market leaders can bring new materials and technologies as well as the development of the existing ones.

In this article, I will share my knowledge about the handling and working of a system of biomaterials from Botiss. The case presented is only a sample of the full documentation, but I believe it gives an indication of the way we work with selected biomaterials. I was impressed with the full range of products and complete system, which gives the choice to select the optimum biomaterial type in every single case.

An interesting product is bovine origin xenograft material Cerabone, which is on the German market with approval from the Health Ministry that it is 100 per cent BSE safe. With a closer look at the production of this material we can easily get an answer to this certification. According to the World Health Organization bovine biomaterials are free of prions and other proteins when they are treated at high temperatures (above 800 degrees Celsius) and Cerabone is heated at over 1,200 degrees Celsius in the final stage of production.