Current strategies for jaw reconstruction require multiple procedures, first to repair the bone defect to offer sufficient support, and then to place the tooth implant. The entire procedure can be ...

A group at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) suggests that bone repair can be improved in large bone lesions by injecting a combination of RNA, according to recent research. In a study in ...

A novel injectable gel developed for percutaneous drug delivery may help accelerate the healing of bone defects, preclinical studies suggest. The gel — called Oxiplex (FzioMed Inc.) — is a synthetic, ...

A new dual delivery system designed to sequentially release BMP2 and IGF1 in microparticles in an injectable hydrogel successfully healed an 8-mm cranial defect in rats. The study design and results ...