Recent Concepts in Bone Grafting and Banking

Abstract

In recent years the need for an appropriate grafting material for orthognathic, orthopaedic, and reconstructive surgery has been constantly increasing. Autografts have been used but not without unacceptable risks, including donor site morbidity such as pneumothorax, and the unavailability of safely procured bone in children. Consequently, great efforts have been made to explore the potential of allografts and xenografts. At present, the surgeon is faced with a wide variety of bone grafting material from bone banks, besides autografts. None of these choices fulfills all the requirements of an ideal graft. This paper attempts to present the different aspects of bone grafting, as well as the available banked bone materials and their prospective uses.

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Mahmoud Hosny

Mahmoud Hosny, B.D.S., M.S.

Dr. Hosny was born in Alexandria, Egypt (1952). He received his education at the Jesuites French School, his dental degree from the School of Dentistry, Cairo University, his oral and maxillofacial surgery training in Cairo University Hospital and at Tufts University in Boston. He received his M.S. from the School of Dentistry, Medical College of Georgia. His thesis was on bone grafting with particular emphasis on demineralized bone. He has presented his research work in five American, European, and International Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery meetings. The author is an instructor in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department of Cairo University and has been conducting research in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Baylor School of Dentistry.