One of the easiest methods of preserving ridges without using GTR employs a material with a long history of acceptablility. Clinical Research Associates Newsletter, C.R.A., has reproted good clinical results with Bioplant HTR in areas of ridge preservation augmentation, filling voids around implants and treating some periodontal defects. Although general dentists have not typically involved themselves with bone graft materials, there is significant need to attept to preserve bone tissue, especially when bone-fill techniques have become simpler to use. Of additional interest to the practioner is the fact that bone fill precedures are reimbursable by many insurance companies. As clinical research reports continue, Dentists for Dentists will keep our readership abreast of the best and most efficient materials and techniques of bone preservation therapies.
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