Biography
Biography: Gordon Blunn
Abstract
With the growing number of surgical interventions for the treatment of bone defects Bone Graft Substitute Materials (BGSM) provide alternatives to Allograft and Auto-graft. In some circumstances BGSM may be mixed as an expander with Auto-graft materials. However, the use of Bone Graft Substitute’s means that donor site morbidity associated with obtaining Auto-graft does not occur. There are various types of BGSM; they can be divided into those which are based on calcium phosphates and those that associated with more organic materials such as De-mineralized Bone Matrix (DBM). There are many BGSM available for the surgeon to choose from. The compositions and structure of these bone graft materials are associated with the degree osteoconductivity and in some instances these bone graft materials have shown to be osseoinductive. The nature of this osseointegration will be explored.