A study of the osteogenic potential of decalcified allogenic and xenogenic dentin matrix

Abstract

PLEASE NOTE: This work is protected by copyright. Downloading is restricted to the BU community: please click Download and log in with a valid BU account to access. If you are the author of this work and would like to make it publicly available, please contact [email protected] (M.Sc.D)--Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry, 1973. Periodontics.Bibliography included.These experiments were devised as a means to test the hypotl1esis that decalcified dentin matrix possessed the capacity to stimulate new bone formation in a freshly created osseous defect. Specimens of human and rat dentin were decalcified in 0.6 HCl for varying time periods. Mid-fibular de- fects were created in male albino rats and pieces of decalcified dentin matrix implanted into the defects. Several defects were radiographed at bi-weekly intervals following the surgical procedure. [TRUNCATED