D printed bone grafts made from natural materials could reduce the complications associated with conventional metal and synthetic implants.

A dental bone graft is a procedure performed to increase the amount of bone in a part of the jaw where bone has been lost or where additional support is needed. Bone may be taken from elsewhere in the ...

When patients are told they don’t have enough bone for dental implants, it can feel discouraging. However, modern dentistry ...

Q: What is bone grafting? A: Bone grafting refers to a procedure to replace bone where it is missing or is inadequate using a variety of materials. Bone grafting can be used to reconstruct defects of ...

Explore the mechanics, benefits, and maintenance of All-On-4 dental implants for restoring a complete dental arch.

A new recipe for a bone-graft biomaterial that is supercooled before application should make it easier to meet dental patients' expectation of a good-looking smile while eliminating the pain ...

Autogenous bone grafting is often done in orthopaedic surgery for a variety of conditions. The iliac crest is currently the most common donor site for obtaining autogenous bone graft. We searched the ...

Two million bone transplants are performed worldwide yearly, including half a million in the United States alone. Yet, a QUT-led study has found surgeons are slow to adopt newly developed biomaterials ...

Researchers have created a way to transform the dead bone of a transplanted skeletal graft into living tissue in an experiment involving mice. The advance, which uses gene therapy to stimulate the ...

When Wright Medical ($WMGI) paid $190 million for BioMimetic Therapeutics this spring, it was counting on the company's Augment bone graft to pad its sales and pace ...