Prospective, randomized "split mouth" clinical study of bone augmentation in sinus grafts performed with biphasic calcium phosphate

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate and compare the behavior of Biphasic Calcium Phosphate (BCP) in granulated and paste form grafted on maxillary sinuses of humans, through histometric and immunohistochemical analysis. METODOLOGY: This study is of the Split mouth type with controlled radomization, in which 10 patients participated in the study, 10 maxillary sinuses were grafted with BCP in the form of paste and 10 with BCP in the form of granules. At 6 months after grafting, a biopsy was taken for histometric and immunohistochemical analysis. The normality test showed parametric results for all analyzes, so the t test was applied. RESULTS: The mean amount of bone tissue was 1923705.9 ± 364393 µm2 for the Granules group and 1532468.7 ± 334892 µm2 for the Pasta group (P = 0.0223), the average biomaterial amount was 1468571 ± 230879 µm2 for the Granules group and 1658428 ± 122324 µm2 (38.60%) for the Pasta group (P = 0.0338) and the average amount of soft tissue was 897786 ± 270137.9 µm2 for the Granules group and 1099166.5 ± 221947.3 µm2 for the Pasta group (P = 0.0852), the markings for osteocalcin were intense for both groups. CONCLUSION: BCP in paste form, like BCP in granules, can be used properly as a bone substitute for grafting in the maxillary sinus of humans.