CASTRO-SILVA, Igor Iuco    COUTINHO, Lawrence Andrade Costa da Rocha. Use of bone grafts in Dentistry: profile of dentists from Niteroi/RJ. Rev. Bras. Odontol. []. 2012, 69, 2, pp. 154-158. ISSN 1984-3747.

The clinical use of bone substitute biomaterials was evaluated in Niteroi, RJ. From 282 dentists interviewed, 4.96% had registered in bone tissue bank, 40.43% were introduced to the theme during graduation and 41.84% already performed grafts (16.31% up to 10 cases). The most common materials used were xenografts (32.98%), autografts (29.79%) and alloplastic grafts (23.40%), with indication for filling of extraction sockets (30.85%), good cost-effectiveness ratio and foreign origin is twice the Brazilian. The private service was five times higher than public one and with low morbidity associated. Data confirms a good acceptance among professionals for therapy with bone grafts.

: dental materials; bone transplantation; bioprosthesis; bone grafts; biomaterials..