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Platelet-derived growth factor applications in periodontal and peri-implant bone regeneration
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Platelet-derived growth factor applications in periodontal and peri-implant bone regeneration

Darnell Kaigler, Gustavo Avila, Leslie Wisner-Lynch, Marc L Nevins, Myron Nevins, Giulio Rasperini, Samuel E Lynch and William V Giannobile
Expert opinion on biological therapy, Vol.11(3), pp.375-385
03/2011
DOI: 10.1517/14712598.2011.554814
PMCID: PMC3056074
PMID: 21288185
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http://hdl.handle.net/2434/156459View
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Abstract

Introduction:\nAchieving successful tissue regeneration following traditional therapeutic protocols, combining bone grafts and barrier membranes, may be challenging in certain clinical scenarios. A deeper understanding of periodontal and peri-implant wound healing and recent advances in the field of tissue engineering have provided clinicians with novel means to obtain predictable clinical outcomes. The use of growth factors such as recombinant human platelet-derived growth factor-BB (rhPDGF) with biocompatible matrices to promote tissue regeneration represents a promising approach in the disciplines of periodontology and implantology.\nAreas covered:\nThis review covers the basic principles of bone and periodontal regeneration, and provides an overview of the biology of PDGF and its potential to predictably and reproducibly promote bone regeneration in regular clinical practice. The results of preclinical and clinical human studies evaluating the effectiveness of growth-factor-enhanced matrices are analyzed and discussed.\nExpert opinion:\nCurrent available evidence supports the use of rhPDGF-enhanced matrices to promote periodontal and peri-implant bone regeneration.

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