Mechanobiologically-optimized non-resorbable artificial bone for patient-matched scaffold-guided bone regeneration.

ABSTRACT: Scaffold-guided bone regeneration is poised to revolutionize the management of critical-sized bone defects. However, translation into clinical practice has been hampered by the focus on bioresorbable scaffolds where the rate of degradation needs to match the rate of bone formation and metal plates are required to overcome their mechanical limitations. Metal plates are problematic because they cause stress shielding and X-ray perturbation, increasing the likelihood of hardware failure and interfering with post-operative radiotherapy and imaging. Segmental defects of the mandible are challenging due to high tensile and shear stresses encountered during mastication, with the ovine mandible especially vexing because of the high repetitive loads. Here we show long-term reconstruction of ovine s

SUBMITTER: Clark JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12552697 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature