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Volume 66, Issue 4 , Pages 647-656 , April 2008

Reconstruction of Mandibular Segmental Defects Using the Guided-Bone Regeneration Technique With Polylactide Membranes and/or Autogenous Bone Graft: A Preliminary Study on the Influence of Membrane Permeability

Cassio E. Sverzut, DDS, PhD
- Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontics, Faculty of Dentistry of Ribeirao Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Paulo E.P. Faria, DDS
- Doctorate Fellow, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry of Aracatuba, University of the State of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Carolina M. Magdalena, BDS
- Public Dental Practice, Brasilia, Brazil.
Alexandre E. Trivellato, DDS, PhD
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontics, Faculty of Dentistry of Ribeirao Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Francisco V. Mello-Filho, MD, PhD
- Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Cleber A.J. Paccola, MD, PhD
- Professor, Department of Biomechanics, Medicine and Locomotor Apparatus Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Sylwester Gogolewski, PhD
- Materials Engineer, AO-ASIF Research Institute, Davos, Switzerland.
Luiz A. Salata, DDS, PhD
- Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontics, Faculty of Dentistry of Ribeirao Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Salata: Departments of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Ave do Café s/n, Campus USP, 14040-904 Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil