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SUBMITTER: Stutz C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7558050 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stutz Céline C Strub Marion M Clauss François F Huck Olivier O Schulz Georg G Gegout Hervé H Benkirane-Jessel Nadia N Bornert Fabien F Kuchler-Bopp Sabine S
Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) 20200908 9
Oral diseases have an impact on the general condition and quality of life of patients. After a dento-alveolar trauma, a tooth extraction, or, in the case of some genetic skeletal diseases, a maxillary bone defect, can be observed, leading to the impossibility of placing a dental implant for the restoration of masticatory function. Recently, bone neoformation was demonstrated after in vivo implantation of polycaprolactone (PCL) biomembranes functionalized with bone morphogenic protein 2 (BMP-2) a ...[more]