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International Journal of Implant Dentistry

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

From: 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

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

  1. Not intact biopsies were excluded from histomorphometric examination. Age in years at biopsy retrieval
  2. 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
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