Re: Regenerative Treatments

Materials widely used in GTR are as follows:
The materials used in studies included MILIPORE and TEFLON membranes.
However clinically it showed gain in clinical attachment but no regeneration of bone.
This propagated the use of POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE membranes, commercially available as GORETEX
Initially these membranes were non resorbable, in which cases the was a need for a second although simple procedure to remove it.
The second procedure was carried out after 3-6 weeks of initial intervention,the expaned PTFE was nonresorbable.

Other biodegradanle materials include
bovine or porcine collagen
cargile membrane from caecum of ox
polylactic acid
vicryl
synthetic skin-biobrane
freeze dried duramater
bovine tendon-bioguide