Eight-Year Results of Site Retention of Anorganic Bovine Bone and Anorganic Bovine Matrix

The long-term fate of some biomaterials is still unknown, and the reports present in the literature are not conclusive as to whether these biomaterials are resorbed over time or not. Different reports can be found with regard to the resorption behavior of anorganic bovine bone (ABB). The aim of the present study was to provide a comparative histological and histomorphometrical evaluation, in the same patient, of 2 specimens retrieved from a sinus augmented with ABB and with anorganic bovine matrix added to a cell-binding peptide (PepGen P-15), respectively, after a healing period of 6 months and after 8 years of implant loading, to evaluate the resorption of both biomaterials. A unilateral sinus augmentation procedure with ABB (50%) and with PepGen P-15 (50%) was performed in a 54-year-old male patient. Two titanium dental implants with a sandblasted and acid-etched surface were inserted after 6 months. During this procedure, 2 tissue cores were retrieved from the sinus with a trephine, before implant insertion. After an additional 6 months, a fixed prosthetic restoration was fabricated. One of these implants, after a loading period of 8 years, fractured in the coronal portion and was removed. Both specimens, one retrieved after a 6-month healing period and the other after an 8-year loading period, were treated to obtain thin ground sections. In the 6-month specimen, the histomorphometry showed that the percentage of newly formed bone was 27.2% +/- 3.6%, marrow spaces 35.6% +/- 2.3%, residual ABB particles 25.1% +/- 1.2%, and residual PepGen P-15 particles 12.1% +/- 2.2%. In the 8-year specimen, the histomorphometry showed that the percentage of newly formed bone was 51.4% +/- 4.8%, marrow spaces 40% +/- 7.1%, residual ABB particles 6.2% +/- 0.7%, and residual PepGen P-15 particles 2.4% +/- 0.5%. Both biomaterials underwent significant resorption over the course of this study.