Friedman CD

The United States spends more per capita for health care than any other nation in the world. Unfortunately, this expenditure has not necessarily translated into improved patient outcomes. Technological advances coupled with an aging populat…

With advances in polymer chemistry, polymeric implants are becoming an increasingly attractive alternative to autogenous bone. Although polymeric implants were traditionally used to bridge bony defects and modify the overlying soft tissue e…

Some of the most significant advances in biomaterials over the last 20 years have been in the field of bone graft substitutes. Additionally, bone growth proteins were one of the first tissue-specific morphogenic factors to be characterized …

Craniofacial skeletal reconstruction has reached new levels of sophistication. The ability to precisely plan and execute these instructions affords better and more predictable outcomes of surgical therapy. This article will focus on the gen…

Autogenous nonvascularized bone grafts play an important role in the reconstruction of complex craniomaxillofacial defects. Experimental animal data have demonstrated that grafts from membranous bone donor sites tend to undergo less resorpt…

Fundamental to the choice and proper application of plating systems in osteosynthesis of the craniomaxillofacial skeleton is an understanding of the basic design and biomechanical characteristics that define them. Improper selection of syst…

This study investigates the use of a new calcium phosphate cement, which sets to solid, microporous hydroxyapatite, for facial bone augmentation. In six dogs, the supraorbital ridges were augmented bilaterally with this hydroxyapatite cemen…