The Influence of Citric Acid Bone Surface Etching and Bone Defect Fill on GCF BMP-2 Release Profile

Summary

This study evaluates the effect of citric acid on bone surface of infrabony defects when used for 30 seconds at ph 1 and 50% concentration before the application of bovine derived xenograft to fill the defect, Bone Morphogenic protein 2 (BMP-2) marker was evaluated in 5 different days during the first month after surgery and clinical and radiographic parameters were reassessed after 6 months

Timeline

Start

2016-01-01

Primary completion

2018-05-01

Completion

2018-11-01

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