Bone grafting can be used to reconstruct defects of the jaw or to reconstruct regions of the jaw bone in preparation for dental implant placement. They include your own bone taken from your chin, back ...

Autologous grafts use bone from the person receiving the graft. Allogeneic grafts use donor bone harvested during surgical procedures such as hip replacements and sanitized for use in others.

A new technique using the pubic bone as a source of bone for grafting may avoid the complications of harvesting bone from the iliac crest, or hip bone, according to a report.

Bone Grafts. Doctors can treat damaged bone with a graft of healthy bone, usually taken from your pelvic bone on your lower back. More recently, they use injections of bone marrow instead.

In July’s Eye on Health, we’re taking a closer look at hip pain and why the solution to fix it may not always result in a ...

Designing Surfaces to Improve Bone Grafts New research demonstrates a concept to create more bone Jun 12 ... for example tissue fixation devices and hip or knee implants. Guillermo Ameer Daniel Hale ...

Sharad Rajpal, MD, performed the first U.S. case using Cerapedics’ PearlMatrix P-15 bone graft for lumbar spinal fusion since its FDA approval. The bone graft, the first of its kind for lumbar spinal ...

Bone is the most transplanted tissue after blood but bone banks are constantly short of donors, with only 10 per cent of people who have hip replacements opting-in to donate.

Most synthetic bone graft substitutes currently on the market can't match the performance of natural bone. They either take too long to dissolve, don't integrate well, or cause side effects like ...