Bone-Forming Capabilities of a Newly Developed NanoHA Composite Alloplast Infused with Collagen: A Pilot Study in the Sheep Mandible
Figure 3
Three-dimensional reconstruction of the mandibular segment containing both experimental and control blocks. (a) Lateral view of the onlays depicted bone ongrowth on the lateral aspects of both blocks. (b) The cross-sectional reconstruction showed the perforations performed in the mandibular lateral aspect cortical (arrows). Bone ingrowth was observed at the region in immediate contact with the mandibular bone for both blocks; bone ingrowth throughout the volume of the block was only observed for the experimental group, which also presented lower amounts of synthetic material compared to the control group.
