1. Volume 105, Issue 3, Pages e9-e14 (March 2008)
Histologic study of incorporation and resorption of a bone cement–collagen composite: an in vivo study in the minipig 
Ronald Mai, MD, DMD, Antje Reinstorf, MASc, Dr.rer.nat., Eckart Pilling, MD, DMD, Matthias Hlawitschka, MD, DMD, Roland Jung, VetMD, Michael Gelinsky, MASc, Dr.rer.nat., Matthias Schneider, MD, DMD, Richard Loukota, FDSRCS, FRCS, Wolfgang Pompe, PhD, Uwe Eckelt, MD, DMD, PhD, Bernd Stadlinger, MD, DMD 
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontics 
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2. Fig. 1
Microstructure of hardened hydroxyapatite-collagen composite; scanning electron microscopic picture.
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3. Fig. 2
Radiograph (right mandible, minipig) 3 months after implantation. A, Drill hole, empty; B, drill hole, filled with autologeous bone; C, block resection defect, filled with hydroxyapatite-collagen (HA-C) composite; D, drill hole, filled with HA-C composite; E, alveolar ridge augmentation, applying HA-C composite.
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4. Fig. 3
Drill hole (mandible, minipig) immediately after implantation. Precise adaptation of the hardened hydroxyapatite-collagen cement to the edges of the defect zone. Masson-Goldner stain, magnification ×2.
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5. Fig. 4
Drill hole (mandible, minipig) 1 month after implantation. Multinucleate giant cells as signs of resorption at the composite-bone interface. Masson-Goldner stain, magnification ×40.
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6. Fig. 5
Drill hole (mandible, minipig) 3 months after implantation. Lining osteoblasts (orange) show the beginning of osteoneogenesis at the composite-bone interface. Masson-Goldner stain, magnification ×10.
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7. Fig. 6
Drill hole (mandible, minipig) 6 months after implantation. Circular appositional formation of bone next to signs of cellular resorption of the composite. Masson-Goldner stain, magnification ×4.
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