Apparatus is provided that includes a surgical tool for use with solid particles and a physiological liquid solution. The surgical tool includes (a) a shaft unit, which is shaped so as to define a delivery lumen, and a distal opening, which is disposed within 10 mm of a distal end of the shaft unit, in fluid communication with the delivery lumen; (b) a composition source, which is coupled in fluid communication with the delivery lumen, and which is configured to provide a solid-liquid composition of the solid particles and the physiological liquid solution; and (c) a pump, which is configured to pump the solid-liquid composition through the distal opening via the delivery lumen.

An implant fixture is disclosed. The implant fixture contains an elongated shaft section, a head section, wherein the head section comprises at least one concave area for bone growth therein, and a protrusion extending from the head section.

A porous, resorbable and flexible dental surgical membrane (16) is made from chitosan having a viscosity average molecular weight of about 400,000 daltons up to about 2,000,000 daltons and has a thickness of from about 100 microns to about 0.5 mm. The membrane is easily insertable over a bone graft material site to confine the bone graft material (14) while allowing access to the bone graft material of blood and oxygen and applied medicaments through the membrane. The high molecular weight of the chitosan may be chosen so that the membrane will not dissolve or resorb in a human mouth for a protracted period, e.g., from about 12 to about 16 weeks. The membrane is made by dissolving medical grade chitosan in aqueous acetic acid, dispersing fine silica particles into the solution to form a slurry, depositing a film of the slurry on a support surface, evaporating liquid from the slurry sufficiently to form a coherent chitosan membrane having silica particles dispersed therein, and then dissolving the silica particles with a sodium hydroxide solution followed by a water wash to form the porous chitosan membrane.

An alveolar bone augmentation kit includes lateral and vertical augmentation sets. The lateral augmentation set is made of a bone graft material. The lateral augmentation set can be implanted in an alveolar bone. The vertical augmentation set includes two attachment units and an adjustment and lift unit. The first attachment unit includes a post and a first fastener. The post secured to the alveolar bone by the first fastener. The adjustment and lift unit includes a beam, an elevating rod movably connected to the beam, and a joint for rotationally connecting the beam to the post. The second attachment unit includes a plate and a second fastener. A first portion of the plate is placed against the elevating rod. The second fastener is driven in the alveolar bone via an opening in a second portion of the plate and an aperture in the lateral augmentation set.

A medical device includes a shaft portion with a hollow shape and inflected portions or an exposed portion. The shaft portion is inserted into a cortical bone or penetrates through the cortical bone and is inserted to a position reaching a cancellous bone at an inner side of the cortical bone. The inflected portions are inflected to radial direction outer sides from one end portion of an axial direction of the shaft portion, and are exposed at a surface of the cortical bone. The exposed portion includes a portion that extends to the radial direction outer side from the one end portion of the axial direction of the shaft portion, and is exposed at the surface of the cortical bone.

There is a need for a minimally invasive surgical treatment method for periodontitis for the removal of deep pockets, elimination of disease, creation of reattachment of the gingiva to the tooth surface and true regeneration of the attachment apparatus (new cementum, new periodontal ligament, and new alveolar bone) on a previously diseased root surface. The PerioLase® MVP-7™ including eGUI or another device capable of laser dosimetry, such as an original MVP-7™ type laser without the eGUI, achieves this with the LANAP protocol (laser-assisted new attachment procedure) and the LENAP protocol (laser excisional new attachment procedure).

Embodiments described herein are related to pellets that are placed within an extraction site that is in need of bone augmentation and preservation. The pellets are typically cylindrical in shape and comprise a material and a polymer coating. The goal of the pellets are to encourage sufficient new bone growth that jaw bone deterioration is prevented. The pellets create, arrange, and assemble an ideal growth environment for new bone growth to rapidly grow and preserve the original contours of an individual's jaw bone.

A retainerless orthodontic dental implant system for positioning the mandible forward relative to the maxilla and for facilitating optimal airflow during sleep and a method of using such a system.

Biomimetic grafts or implants coated with an osteogenic extracellular matrix and methods for production and use are described.

Clinical application of oxidative compositions, alone or in combination with polymer or salt stabilizers, for use in bone proliferation applications, such as spinal surgery, arthroplasty, or osteosarcoma. Additional applications include use in dental artificial tooth implants, orthopedic implantable prostheses for small and large bones, implantation into other surgical sites (e.g., dental implants, bone graft additive, face reconstruction, etc.) where bone growth is desired.