Can Bioplant be used as graft material for a future implant site?

Check out osseo news archives Jan 10,2011 or google Bioplant it will come up. Excellent discussion how bone needs to turnover with osteointegration of implants, I I like human bone but there are some good synthetics out there that turnover with in growth if bone. The short answer is Bioplant not the best choice. Hope this helps!

I love it , the use what you find on the shelf , no stick to what you are comfortable with and have history with. Peter

Bioplant is composed of methyl methacrylate beads. Methyl methacrylate is surprisingly biocompatible but will never resorb. The reason you cannot find out information on implant placement in Bioplant is because the FDA does not permit a company to advise implant placement until a graft material is fully resorbed. Because Bioplant never resorbs the company cannot advise an implant ever be placed in the grafted site. If you were to place an implant in a site grafted Bioplant you would be using the product "off label". CRS said it very well. Use a graft material that produces vital, adaptable normal bone if you want your implants to integrate and adapt to the changes in loads that will vary throughout the patient's lifetime. Ask the bone graft manufacturer to provide written instructions (not a sales reps opinion) on when an implant can be placed in the grafted site and if they do not provide the information look for another product. Greg Steiner Steiner Laboratories

In my opinion, Bioplant should only be used as a filler as it never, ever resorbs.For example,if you remove a tooth and graft the socket with bioplant, and if you then go back into the socket area later, you'll find the little beads even years later in the extraction socket. If your patient definitely wants a bridge, it's OK to use it to plump up the tissue under the pontic area but what happens if your patient wins the lottery years later and now wants implants.You'll be faced with digging out all the little beads.Bioplant was big in the NYU area many years ago ,as that is where it was developed.

Doesn't sound like a consideration if its full of acrylic? Wouldn't place it in mine or any of my families mouths. Soooooo many other good materials that REALLY are biocompatible, this is not!

Can I use it to repair a broken denture?

I used Bioplant for socket preservation under Fixed Bridge or even Removable Prostheses. When it comes to implants, I definitely recommend human bone as graft material to preserve sockets. In some cases, some patients refuse to have human bone. For them I use Foundation as filler. It seems to work ok for placing implants later on. Any comments on Foundation, please advise !

Does this open a discussion , whether one needs socket preservation materials after extraction if one is going for implant within 8 weeks. Best bone is formed naturally without our interference. Only care to be taken is not to compress the socket . If we do not use any material , loss if any is only to companies that sell these materials.

I should say I didnt use it. From the instruction, it was clear. Thanks for the input. So which is better MinerOss or Puros for socket graft for implant?