Dr. Jörg Neugebauer, University Cologne/Germany
An analysis of the literature with the search terms TCP, HA, BCP in combination with dental bone augmentation technology was carried out.
Bone replacement materials have been used for decades in maxillary surgery and for defect coverage or to even out inadequate bone surface (7, 16, 17, 21, 30). The prospects for the success of the implants and the histological reconditioning have been best described for the indication of sinus floor elevation (16, 17, 30, 33, 47). For lateral aug-mentation with bone replacement material, if there are corresponding indications, comparable results can be achieved, to the extent that the indication and the surgical procedure is adapted to the respective defect geometry (16, 34). In the augmentation of defects in the treatment of peri-implantitis, various results are presented for the pro-cedures and materials used (5, 22).
