introduction : efforts are being made to improve the efficacy of biomaterials used as bone substitutes for bone regeneration in the oral and maxillofacial region. graft materials have been recently produced in iran; however, studies are required to confirm their efficacy. this study aimed to compare the histomorphometric results of using mineralized allografts produced by the hamanandsaz baft k...

BACKGROUND Source material used to fill calvarial defects includes autologous bones and synthetic alternatives. While autologous bone is preferable to synthetic material, autologous reconstruction is not always feasible due to defect size, unacceptable donor-site morbidity, and other issues. Today, advanced three-dimensional (3D) printing techniques allow for fabrication of titanium implants cu...

Repair of calvarial bony defects remains challenging for craniofacial surgeons. Injury experiments on animal calvarial bones are widely used to study healing mechanisms and test tissue engineering approaches. Previously, we identified Gli1+ cells within the calvarial sutures as stem cells supporting calvarial bone turnover and injury repair. In this study, we tested the regenerative capacity of...

Zinc has been demonstrated to play an important role in bone metabolism and is required for normal growth. However, no studies have investigated the influence of zinc on calvarial bone healing in aged or adult rats. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether alimentary zinc supplementation and depletion affect bone healing of calvarial defects implanted with osteopromotive substances in adult...

Osteoinductive scaffolds are required for bone tissue engineering. The aim of the present study was to assess the osteoinductive capacity of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)/protamine complexes in a rat model of critical-size calvarial defects. In addition, we investigated whether cultured mesenchymal-like cells (DP-cells) outgrown from DNA/protamine complex engrafted defects could differentiate to ...

It remains unknown whether bone graft vascularity influences calvarial healing. The purposes of this study were (1) to develop a model to study nonvascularized and vascularized calvarial grafts as well as (2) to compare effects of bone graft vascularity on calvarial healing. Bilateral calvarial defects were created in 26 Wistar rats. The defects were left empty within 1 parietal region. On the ...

LETTER to EDITOR The dura mater and the periosteum is considered to be a regulator of calvarial osteogenesis 1,2 and the phenomenon of calvarial reossification is well recognized in newborns and immature animals 1,3. The increased osteoinductive capacity of the immature dura is believed to be due to the increased expression of growth factors and extracellular matrix molecules 3 In older guinea ...

BACKGROUND Human adipose-derived stromal cells (hASCs) represent a multipotent cell stromal cell type with proven capacity to differentiate along an osteogenic lineage. This suggests that they may be used to heal defects of the craniofacial or appendicular skeleton. We sought to substantiate the use of undifferentiated hASCs in the regeneration of a non-healing mouse skeletal defect. METHODOL...

PURPOSE This article describes the use of titanium mesh and hydroxyapatite cement constructs for the treatment of large through-and-through calvarial defects. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty consecutive calvarial defects (10 to 156 cm(2)) that resulted from surgical removal of neoplasms or were secondary to trauma were reviewed retrospectively after reconstruction with titanium mesh and hydroxyap...