Development of a Dummy Bone Graft Material from Egg-Shells for Practice on Cadaver Animal Model

T K Pal¹*, Suchibrata Bhar² and Goutam Das³

Received: March 22, 2018;   Published: April 05, 2018

DOI: 10.32474/MADOHC.2018.02.000126

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Abstract

Aim: Additive osseous surgery requires graft material to be placed in osseous defects or for sinus lifting procedure. Placement of graft material in dummy jaw or on cadaver jaw by students/learners for practice is needed before actual placement on patients. There is a need to develop a dummy radio-opaque material for use as a practice material by students or learners in defects of dummy jaw or on cadaver jaw.

Materials and methods: Dummy graft material was prepared from discarded egg-shells (waste) and was used for sinus lifting in a cadaver goat jaw as taste case.

Result: A measureable radio-opacity of egg-shell particles was seen below the sinus floor after sinus lifting on a cadaver goat jaw.

Conclusion: Radio-opaque egg-shell graft material can be used as dummy graft material for practice as a teaching material.

Keywords: Osseous defects; Egg-Shell; Cadaver goat; Dummy Graft material

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