Research Article

Bone Regeneration of Peri-Implant Defects Using a Collagen Membrane as a Carrier for Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2

Table 3

Histomorphometric measurements.

Linear measurements Measurements in the AOI
GroupBIC, %fBIC, mmP-BC, mmNB, %RBS, %NMT, %

BMP group11.90
(10.49–34.65)
3.25
(2.29–3.36)
2.64
(1.27–2.75)
12.84
(4.87–28.69)
1.31
(0.00–12.42)
82.71
(54.63–87.16)
 with pins
 ()
40.38
(37.52–43.25)
2.25
(2.23–2.27)
0.64
(0.32–0.95)
37.03
(32.86–41.20)
9.51
(4.75–14.26)
53.46
(52.88–54.05)
 without pins
 ()
10.49
(6.55–11.20)
3.36
(3.31–3.62)
2.75
(2.70–3.04)
4.87
(4.14–8.86)
1.31
(0.65–6.86)
87.16
(84.94–91.22)
nonBMP group18.24
(10.69–26.12)
3.08
(2.38–3.17)
2.51
(0.65–3.06)
8.06
(7.90–39.71)
12.43
(3.63–19.56)
68.29
(56.66–75.23)
 with pins
 ()
33.19
(25.72–40.67)
2.17
(2.06–2.27)
0.59
(0.56–0.62)
47.18
(43.45–50.92)
8.03
(5.83–10.23)
44.79
(38.85–50.73)
 without pins
 ()
10.69
(10.33–18.41)
3.17
(3.13–3.31)
3.06
(2.79–3.25)
7.90
(6.56–7.98)
19.56
(9.78–21.61)
75.2
(71.76–83.66)
Control group21.96
(8.16–5.04)
2.56
(2.55–3.74)
2.04
(1.60–3.56)
21.75
(3.19–22.91)
0.0078.25
(77.09–96.81)
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Data are median (interquartile range) values.
= number of sites/dogs.
None of the outcome measured differed significantly between the three groups ().