Fresh Frozen Allogeneic Bone Block in Maxillary Sinus Floor Elevation: Histomorphometric Analysis of a Bone Specimen Retrieved 15 Years after Grafting Procedure
by
Claudio Stacchi 1
,
Federico Berton 1,
Luca Fiorillo 2,
Vanessa Nicolin 3,
Teresa Lombardi 4,
Marco Cicciù 2,* and
Roberto Di Lenarda 1
Claudio Stacchi 1,
Federico Berton 1,
Luca Fiorillo 2,
Vanessa Nicolin 3,
Teresa Lombardi 4,
Marco Cicciù 2,* and
Roberto Di Lenarda 1
1
Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, Trieste University, 34100 TS Trieste, Italy
2
Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, Messina University, 98100 ME Messina, Italy
3
Bone Lab, Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, Trieste University, 34100 TS Trieste, Italy
4
Private Practice, 87011 CS Cassano allo Ionio, Italy
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Appl. Sci. 2019, 9(6), 1119; https://doi.org/10.3390/app9061119
Received: 16 February 2019 / Revised: 12 March 2019 / Accepted: 13 March 2019 / Published: 17 March 2019
(This article belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)
Nowadays implant-prosthetic rehabilitations are one of the best solutions for rehabilitating our patients. These allow obtaining rehabilitations with optimal functional and aesthetic performances. Often patients, who undergo implant-prosthetic therapy, have the conditions of edentulias, single or multiple, that have been going on for some time. This, according to the literature, produces resorption of the alveolar bone, a process that is complicated in the posterior area of the upper arch by a pneumatization of the maxillary sinuses. The loss of vertical height, so that the implant fixtures can be inserted, requires a maneuver called maxillary sinus floor elevation. This procedure, now safely performed with piezoelectric instruments, allows increasing bone height through bone grafting. In this study, the tissue obtained from a patient, after 15 years from the intervention, was evaluated by histological and SEM analyses. The bone healing in the patient has led to a perfect integration between the patient’s bone and the fresh frozen allograft used, however still present and detectable after 15 years.
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Keywords:
bone block; sinus floor elevation; bone graft; piezoelectric; PBS
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Stacchi, C.; Berton, F.; Fiorillo, L.; Nicolin, V.; Lombardi, T.; Cicciù, M.; Di Lenarda, R. Fresh Frozen Allogeneic Bone Block in Maxillary Sinus Floor Elevation: Histomorphometric Analysis of a Bone Specimen Retrieved 15 Years after Grafting Procedure. Appl. Sci. 2019, 9, 1119.
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