SOCKET PRESERVATION WITH THE AID OF A COLLAGEN MATRIX

Healing of the soft tissues by secondary intention may be promoted by using a three-dimensional collagen matrix. 

The sheet summarizes the case of a patient who underwent the extraction of a compromised tooth. The socket was preserved with the equine bone substitute graft (Bioteck) and was subsequently protected with the three-dimensional collagen Xenomatrix (Bioteck). One year later, we found that the bone volume at the grafted socket had been optimally preserved. The results of this case indicate that the use of the Xenomatrix three-dimensional collagen matrix in socket preservation procedures may promote healing by secondary intention, simultaneously acting as a barrier that prevents the colonization of the grafted socket by the soft tissues, without inflammation or infection process.

PRODUCTS USED: Xenomatrix BCG-XC10, Granules Mix