Have growth factors delivered on the promise of enhancing periodontal regeneration
Since 30 years ago when EMD was put on the market for promoting periodontal regeneration, several new growth factors have emerged such as hyaluronic acid, FGF-2 or rh-PDGF. However, the issues are have these materials enhanced the clinical outcomes above what was achieved in previous times, has the new attachment been more stable are there less complications and do they perform better when mixed with various biomaterials. This lecture will go from animal and in vitro data to human histological and clinical results and try to give answers to the above raised questions showing long-term results of initially periodontally severely compromised teeth.
Professor Darko Božić is Professor at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Zagreb, Department of Periodontology, and Head of the Clinical Periodontology Unit at the Clinic of Dentistry, University Hospital Center Zagreb. He holds both a Master of Science and a PhD degree.
In recognition of his research, he received two prestigious international awards: first prize at the Robert Frank International IADR Science Award in 2014 and second prize at the IADR Hatton Competition in 2015. He is the Croatian coordinator of a multicenter clinical study on the use of EMD in non-surgical therapy and leads clinical trials investigating the application of BMP and hyaluronic acid in bone regeneration.
He is an active lecturer and organizer of continuing education courses in periodontology and implantology and has delivered more than 100 lectures at national and major international congresses. In addition, he has participated in the XV, XVI, XVIII, and XXI workshops of the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP). He is a former President of both the Croatian Periodontology Society and the European Federation of Periodontology.
