The Current and Future Therapies of Bone Regeneration to Repair Bone Defects

• Main Authors: Eijiro Jimi (Author), Shizu Hirata (Author), Kenji Osawa (Author), Masamichi Terashita (Author), Chiaki Kitamura (Author), Hidefumi Fukushima (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Bone defects often result from tumor resection, congenital malformation, trauma, fractures, surgery, or periodontitis in dentistry. Although dental implants serve as an effective treatment to recover mouth function from tooth defects, many patients do not have the adequate bone volume to build an im...