Table 3: Final results according to the morphology of the bone defects. According to the morphology, most of the defects were classified as cavitary bone loss and presented good results. Moderate results were observed mainly in segmental defects equal or bigger than 3 cm in length.

Morphology of the defect Number of patients Total number of procedures Lengths of the defects Number of procedures with excellent results (score 5) Number of procedures with good results (score 4) Number of procedures with moderate results (score 3) Segmental defects 24 25 <3 cm = 19 ≥3 cm = 6 <3 cm = 3 ≥3 cm = 0 <3 cm = 15 ≥3 cm = 2 <3 cm = 1 ≥3 cm = 4 Cavitary defects 42 42 Not measured 2 40 0 Total 66 67 — 5 57 5