Introduction Kryptonite® is calcium triglyceride bone cement designed for cranial use. Despite potential benefits, Kryptonite® lacks safety data addressing its possible association with post-surgical wound infections. Upon noting an acute rise in the number of post-craniotomy infections while using Kryptonite Bone Cement®, we investigated the hypothesis that using Kryptonite® increases the risk...

background and aims. the aim of this study was to evaluate the sealing ability of kryptonite bone cement (doctors research group inc, southbury, ct, usa) in retrograde cavities by comparing with mineral trioxide aggregate (mta) (dentsply tulsa dental specialties, tulsa, ok, usa), amalgam and intermediate restorative material (irm) (dentsply caulk, milford, de, usa) using ultrasonic retrograde p...

BACKGROUND Median sternotomy provides excellent access to all mediastinal structures in patients undergoing conventional cardiovascular surgery. Although this incision technique is associated with relatively lower complication rates, certain complications such as the sternal dehiscence may pose serious health consequences. In this regard, considerable effort has been paid to develop techniques ...

This clinical case report describes sternal reentry performed years after adhesive-enhanced sternal closure using Kryptonite bone cement. This report provides novel data on the late effects of this innovation. We observed that sternal reentry is feasible and safe. The adhesive did not weaken from biodegradation over a period of several years. There was no evidence of adherence to adjacent soft ...

As an alternative to PMMA, a newly developed calcium triglyceride bone cement (CTBC) (Kryptonite, Doctors Research Group, USA) has been reported to have osteoconductive properties [2]. In addition, CTBC is adhesive, non-toxic, and low exothermic, all of which would be advantageous in vivo. It has also been shown to have a modulus of elasticity very similar to bone, which is drastically differen...

Background. This study evaluated the ability of Kryptonite bone cement in sealing retrograde cavities. Methods. The root canals of one hundred extracted human maxillary incisor teeth were instrumented up to master apical file #40 using Mtwo rotary system and obturated with gutta-percha and AHPlus sealer by cold lateral compaction method. The specimens were assigned to one control group and four...

INTRODUCTION Despite its origins in the mid-1950s with a bone adhesive called Ostamer [1], the development of bone adhesives is still in its early stages and is not a mature field. There lacks a consensus on aspects of adhesive performance and bond strength measurement. As a result, there are not standard tests for quantifying and evaluating the adhesive strength at the interface between the bo...

The bone cement and bone void filler market is crowded with new materials that broadly claim osteoconductive properties. However, the manner in which these materials balance structure, resorption, strength and biochemical factors is varied and all fall short of universal application. Evidence is provided demonstrating that the KryptoniteTMmaterial provides a biochemical and structural environme...