Guida alla scelta di un biomateriale per la preservazione alveolare: l'importanza dei fattori biologici di rimodellamento

Thanks to their biocompatibility and osteoconductive properties, bone grafts, especially alloplasts have been successfully introduced in dental practice. In particular they faster the alveolar socket healing after tooth extraction and the maintenance of the edentulous ridge. On one side the remodeling dynamics after a tooth loss are well known, but on the other one, the influence of such grafting materials on the biochemical markers of bone remodeling is not fully understood. Immunohistochemistry seems a useful procedure to illustrate the effects of bone grafts on the remodeling pattern in vivo.