In vitro proliferation of human osteogenic cells in presence of different commercial bone substitute materials combined with enamel matrix derivatives

Table 1 Bone substitute materials investigated

Chemical composition and origin		Abbr.	Commercial name, manufacturer	Investigated particle size, manufacturer's data
tricalcium phosphate: β-TCP	synthetic	CBM	Cerasorb^® M, Curasan	500-1000 μm
		BRE	Bioresorb^® Macro Pore, Oraltronics^®	500-1000 μm
biological apatite: HA	bovine	BIO	Bio-Oss^®, Geistlich	250-1000 μm
silicate: SiO₂	synthetic	PGL	PerioGlas^®, Sunstar Butler	90-710 μm
biphasic: β- TCP, HA	synthetic	BOC	Straumann^® BoneCeramic, Straumann	500-1000 μm
biphasic: SiO₂, HA	synthetic	NBO	NanoBone^®, Artoss	mean particle size: 600 μm
triphasic: SiO₂, gβ-TCP, HA	synthetic	BIM	Bonit^® matrix, DOT	300 x 600 μm

(β-TCP: β-tricalcium phosphate, HA: hydroxyapatite, SiO₂: silicon dioxide). Abbr.: Abbreviation. Manufacturers: Cursan AG (Kleinostheim, Germany), Oraltronics^® Dental Implant Technology GmbH (Bremen, Germany), Geistlich Biomaterials (Baden, Germany), John O. Butler GmbH (Kriftel, Germany), Straumann GmbH (Freiburg, Germany), Artoss GmbH (Rostock, Germany), DOT GmbH (Rostock, Germany).

ISSN: 1746-160X