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Investigation of deer antler as a potential bone regenerating biomaterial

M. BĂCIUŢ1,* , G. BĂCIUŢ1, V. SIMON2, C. ALBON2,3, V. COMAN4, P. PRODAN1, ŞT. I. FLORIAN1, S. BRAN1

Affiliation

  1. University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Haţieganu”, Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, 400029 Cluj- Napoca, Romania
  2. University “Babeş Bolyai”, Faculty of Physics, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  3. University Bielefeld, Faculty of Physics, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
  4. Institute for Research in Chemistry “Raluca Ripan”, 400294 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Abstract

Bone regeneration using biomaterials has become a widely used technique for surgical restoration of bone defects. No biomaterial in use displays ideal characteristics and efficacy for bone formation. In search for new biomaterials, interest was focused on the remarkable regeneration properties of deer antler. The study compares the structural units identified in deer antler tissue, a tissue with unique capacity of self-regeneration, with clinically used Gen-Os biomaterial in order to evaluate the potential use of the deer antler as a bone regeneration biomaterial. These results can be the premises of a new development in the field of grafting materials, opening new perspectives towards future possible combinations of this material with other biomaterials used as bone substitutes..

Keywords

Biomaterials, Deer antler, SEM, EPR, ATIR, Raman spectroscopy.

Submitted at: Jan. 28, 2007
Accepted at: Aug. 18, 2007

Citation

M. BĂCIUŢ, G. BĂCIUŢ, V. SIMON, C. ALBON, V. COMAN, P. PRODAN, ŞT. I. FLORIAN, S. BRAN, Investigation of deer antler as a potential bone regenerating biomaterial, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 9, Iss. 8, pp. 2547-2550 (2007)