Fibrin-Guided Bone Regeneration: Guidelines of a Simple, Predictable, & Low Risk Technique

Continuing Education Credits:
1 CEU (Continuing Education Unit)

Course Presenter(s):
Vincenzo Foti, MD, DDS


Date Added:
01/10/2020

Course Description:

This lecture is focused on an effective regenerative approach, but at low knowledge. The goal is to provide a new skill in favor of well-established techniques. The Fibrin Sealant (FS) is an additional clot of human origin. It has adhesive, sealant and inductive action stimulating hard and soft-tissue regeneration. The FS, mixed with bone chips and biomaterials, allows a better handling of the graft that, becoming plastic and moldable, adapts perfectly to bony defects without dispersion of granules. It’s effective also on wound protection achieving a faster healing of soft-tissue. This approach is excellent in the socket preservation and in the peri-implant regeneration on "closed" sites where the implants are inside the defects. These cases do not require the use of membranes.In the "open" sites, where the implants are outside the defects and in horizontal/vertical GBR the FS allows the adhesion and stability of the graft without containment, but the membranes are required. Another advantage is the effective fixation of CTG, FGG, membranes, bone laminae without pins or sutures. They are provided the scientific evidence on FS and the guidelines of surgical protocol. Several clinical cases are documented by videos where the main steps are illustrated.

Learning Objectives:

• Introduce the science behind the Fibrin Sealant (FS) concept in reconstructive surgery.
• Demonstrate how the FS, mixed with bone chips and biomaterials, allows a better handling of graft materials as well as offering bioactive enhancement.
• Outline the step-by step technical utilization of the FS and how it obviates the use of traditional membranes.