The use of a biphasic calcium phosphate in a maxillary sinus floor elevation procedure: a clinical, radiological, histological, and histomorphometric evaluation with 9- and 12-month healing times

International Journal of Implant Dentistry

Table 4 Histomorphometric evaluation of the biopsies after a 12-month healing time

Patient (N)	Gender/age	Retrieval location	BV/TV (%)	BS/TV (mm²/mm³)	Tb.Th (μm)	OV/BV (%)	OS/BS (%)	O.Th (μm)
1	F/53	16	25.5	6.9	74.1	1.7	5.2	12.8
2	F/53	25	30.8	9.2	66.8	1.1	3.1	12.7
2	F/53	26	29.3	9.5	61.5	4.2	9.2	14.7
3	M/67	17	24.0	7.5	64.4	6.6	15.2	14.0
Mean			28.2	8.3	66.7	3.4	8.2	13.6
SD			3.2	1.3	5.4	2.5	5.3	1

Not intact biopsies were excluded from histomorphometric examination. Age in years at biopsy retrieval
M male, F female, BV/TV vital bone volume/total volume, BS/TV bone surface/total volume, Tb.Th trabeculae thickness, OV/BV osteoid volume/vital bone volume, OS/BS osteoid surface/bone surface, O.Th osteoid thickness, NOc/BPm not measured as an insignificant number of osteoclasts were available