CASE 4

Grafting of a big cystic defect
Patient: male, 55 years

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4.1 Panorex of tooth Nr. 18 in the left mandible and a large periapical cyst.

4.2 Panorex after tooth extraction and defect filling with phycogenic apatite (material is little radioopaque).

4.3 Panorex after 20 months showing a complete ossification of the defect and preservation of the alveolar ridge.

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4.4 Panorex after 12.5 years.

4.5 Panorex with the marked position (yellow lines) where the core specimen for histology work up was taken.

4.6 Histology specimen showing the newly formed bone and almost complete degradation of the bone forming material after 12.5 years.