Osteocel Opinions needed?

Mon, 05/31/2010 - 07:10 — OMFS GUY

Does anyone have any experience with Osteocel? I have recently went to a lecture by Dr. Mcallister, but have not been able to find many articles on it????

Guided Bone Regeneration (GBR)

Mon, 08/09/2010 - 07:46 — Perioplasticsurgeon

Did my first Osteocel case: Was impressed

I was impressed with uncovering my first osteocel case. The material when I used it was easy to handle. The results 6 months later where better then expected. I am going to use this material again.

More feedback to come.

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 14:19 — doctr2th

Osteocel: I get robust bone with this.

I have done 15 case using the material. Not only do you get robust bone growth, the soft tissue healing is nothing less that remarkable.

Sat, 06/05/2010 - 16:18 — Mike Hollister DMD

Osteocel experience: Case of 5

I have done 5 cases using osteocel. The material handles well. You need to have a freezer as it is sent cold. I use it with mesh mostly. The cases results have been remarkable.

I let the cases heal about 6 months and the bone is solid. I used it in both vertical and horizontal aug cases.

Mike

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 09:59 — hawkeye

Osteocel bone graft: My experience and opinion

Osteocel looks to me like a very promising material. Whether it will replace blocks or other grafts depends on what you are trying to accomplish. If you place Osteocel and use a tenting screw and a membrane or use a Ti reinforced membrane you can achieve very nice horizontal and vertical augmentation

One advantage of Osteocel is the concentration of stem cells in the product. Osteocel had 50k cells/cc and the newest version is reported to have up to 250k cells/cc. It is osteoconductive, inductive and promotive.

It does have a high price tag.

I used it on a couple of ridges and it was very nice. I was able to achieve similiar augmentation to that of a block graft 4-5mm.