Peter X. Ma, Ph.D.

Each year, about 2.2 million bone-grafting procedures are performed worldwide, the gold standard of care being autografting, which uses the patient’s own bone for tooth implantation and to repair and reconstruct parts of the mouth, face and skull.

Given drawbacks to autografting that include the need for additional surgery, longer recovery time, complication risks and the availability of larger amounts of bone, a team of researchers from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry are succeeding in their efforts to build a better bone graft in the lab… Continue reading.