Closure of bone defects that do not heal spontaneously require some form of bone inducing agent in order to ensure complete repair. Autogenous bone is the clinical gold standard for the management of these types of defects. Present research is aimed at finding acceptable alternatives to harvesting autogenous bone grafts in patients for obvious reasons. Recent literature supports that demineralized bone matrix (DBM) is osteoinductive, although this is not the case for all commercially available forms of DBM. / An in vivo study was conducted which attempted to evaluate the healing of critical sized defects in New Zealand white rabbit calvarium using various grafting materials. By combining demineralized bone matrix and a poloxamer gel carrier, a putty-like material that is surgically convenient can be delivered to these defects and allowed to heal.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.78389 |
| Date | January 2003 |
| Creators | Jackson, Michael T., 1969- |
| Contributors | Cloitie, Cameron M. L. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Faculty of Dentistry.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001976461, proquestno: AAIMQ88224, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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