Bone substitution and remodeling of the jaw bones. A review

• Published in: Fogorvosi szemle Vol. 96; no. 4; p. 165
• Main Authors: Velich, Norbert, Szabó, György
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Hungarian
• Published: Hungary 01.08.2003
• Subjects: Bone Remodeling; Bone Substitutes; Humans; Jaw - surgery; Mandible - surgery; Maxilla - surgery; Surgery, Oral

Replacement of defects of the jawbones is one of the rapidly developing fields of maxillofacial surgery. The main criterion for the success of bone replacement is effective remodelling, i.e. the quantitative transformation of the inserted bone-substitute material into bone of the same quality and th...