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A total of 45 dental extractions were performed. All of the post-extraction sites had three bony walls. 15 sockets were than filled with MHA, 15 sockets with CS and the remaining 15 were left untreated. Intraoral radiological examination was executed at baseline and at 3 months after graft material placement for comparison. An histological and morphometric study was also developed on bone samples
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Magnesium enriched hydroxyapatite showed a better socket preservation capacity: less alveolar ridge reduction and more residual material at 3 months
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I think this article gives a true advice on how to preserve fresh sockets. Even if dental implants are not planned for a prosthetic rehabilitation in a proximate future, maybe they will in a distant one. My advice is to perform it as a standard procedure whenever is possible
Dr Paolo Capparé
IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital and Vita-Salute University, Milan
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This page is a summary of: Magnesium-Enriched Hydroxyapatite Compared to Calcium Sulfate in the Healing of Human Extraction Sockets: Radiographic and Histomorphometric Evaluation at 3 Months, The Journal of Periodontology, February 2009, American Academy of Periodontology (AAP),
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2009.080400.
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