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1. Vlah M, Bošnjak A, Meniga A. Postekstrakcijska augmentacija alveola modificiranim beta-trikalcijevim fosfatom. Acta Stomatol Croat. 2008;42(1):110-1.
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   Title in English:	Postekstrakcijska augmentacija alveola modificiranim beta-trikalcijevim fosfatom
   Title in Croatian:	Postekstrakcijska augmentacija alveola modificiranim beta-trikalcijevim fosfatom
   Type of Article:	congress abstract
   MeSH:	TOOTH EXTRACTION BONE SUBSTITUTES ALVEOLAR RIDGE AUGMENTATION DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS
   Abstract:	Preservation of bone volume after tooth extraction is of great importance for the functional and esthetic success of implanto-prosthetic treatment. There is no data on the success of the tested beta-tricalcium phosphate augmentation material for the preservation of bone volume after extraction. In order to test it, we chose 12 patients that had an indication for single tooth extraction (vertical fracture or internal resorption). Teeth were extracted by an atraumatic procedure using Periotome® (NobelBiocare, Sweden). After careful cleaning of the wound and rinsing with 0.9% saline the socket was augmented with aloplastic material consisting of 60% crystallinic hydroxiapatite and 40% beta-tricalcium phosphate (Bone Ceramic, Straumann AG, Switzerland, particle size 500-1000 μm). A gelatine tampone with 5% colloid silver (Gelatamp, Roeko, Coltene/Whaledent, Germany) was placed over the augmented material, and a cross-suture of expanded polytetrafluorethilene (Gore-Tex CV-5 or CV-6, WL Gore & Associates, Inc., USA) was placed over it to hold it in place. The suture was removed 10 days after extraction, and the patients were instructed to rinse once daily with 0.12% solution of chlorhexidine-digluconate (Curasept ADS 212, Curaden, Switzerland). Control radiograph was taken after the procedure and minimally 3 months after the extraction, when a titanium implant (diameter 3.9 mm, Ospol AB, Sweden) was placed in the healed socket. All implants had primary stability of at leas 35 Ncm, and a temporary crown was placed on them. Bone volume was retained, and augmentation material ensured good primary stability after healing time of at least 3 months.