Bone Abstracts

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the pulpal responses to octacalcium phosphate (OCP) and calcium hydroxide (CH) used as direct pulp capping (DPC) materials.Study design: The pulp of 72 premolars teeth of nine cats were selected for this experiment. After the cats had been anesthetized, the teeth were exposed and capped directly with OCP, CH, and no capping materials used as control group. The cavities of all three groups were filled with ...

Background and aim: This study was designed to investigate the process of bone formation caused by implantation of octacalcium phosphate (OCP) at alveolar ridge.Materials and methods: In this descriptive study we used 20 male Sprague–Dawley rats. Synthetic OCP was implanted into the bony defect measuring 3 mm in diameter and 2 mm in depth was surgically created with a bur in the rat mandible. Bone formation at the alveolar ridge was examined histolo...

Background: This study was designed to investigate the process of bone formation caused by implantation of octacalcium phosphate (OCP) in rat tibiae.Methods: We used 25 young male Sprague–Dawley rats. A full thickness standardized trephine defect, 3-mm in diameter, was surgically created on the superior end of right and left tibia. Amount of 6-μg synthetic octacalcium phosphate was implanted into a bony defect on the right tibia as an experimen...