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Volume 2 Issue 4 (October-December, 2014)

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THE COMPOSITE OF HYDROXYAPATITE WITH COLLAGEN AS A BONE GRAFTING MATERIAL
Ashok Bhagat Singh, Swapan Majumdar

1Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
2Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Mithila Minority Dental College, Darbhanga

Bone substitutes allow repair mechanisms to take place, by providing a permanent or ideally temporary porous device (scaffold) that reduces the size of the defect which needs to be mended. This paper aims to discuss the hydroxyapatite composites (e.g., hydroxyapatite plus collagen derivatives) that  have been developed to mimic biochemical and biomechanical properties of natural bone in order to enhance osteointegration and graft healing for potential biomedical applications.
Keywords: Hydroxyapatite, Collagen, Graft.

Corresponding Author: Dr. Ashok Bhagat Singh, Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mithila Minority Dental College, Darbhanga, India.

This article may be cited as: Singh AB, Majumdar S.  The Composite of Hydroxyapatite with Collagen as a Bone Grafting Material. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2014;2(4):53-55.
 
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