The Use of Titanium Mesh in Guided Bone Regeneration: A Systematic Review

Table 3

Evaluation of titanium mesh exposure.

	Mesh exposure	% mesh exposure	Mesh removed	Bone loss	Remotion time	Types of meshes used
Lizio et al. [17]	12	80	—	Yes		Ti mesh (ridge-form mesh; OsteoMed) 0.2 mm thick
Corinaldesi et al. [18]	0	0	—			Ace titanium micromesh, ACE surgical supply, Brighton; Modus 1.5 mesh, Straumann
Corinaldesi et al. [19]	4	14.8	3		3–5 mesi	Ace titanium micromesh, ACE surgical supply company; Modus 0.9 mesh, Medartis
Poli et al. [22]	1	7.69	—			0.2 mm thick Ti-Mesh (KIS Martin, Tuttlinger, Germany)
Proussaefs and Lozada [20]	6	35.29	—	Yes		Mesh (Osteo-Tram; OsteoMed)
Miyamoto et al. [16]	18	36	4	Yes		0.1 and 0.2 mm thickness; M-TAM, Stryker Leinger GmbH & Co., KG, Freiburg; ASTM F-67 Jeil Medical Corp., Seoul, Korea
Uehara et al. [21]	16	70	6	Yes	3–7 mesi	0.3 mm thick microtitanium mesh (Striker-Leibinger), Freiburg, Germany; 1.4 HOMS Engineering, Chino, Japan
Tot.	57		13
Mean		34.8	22.8