Bone Abstracts

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...