Australasian Dentist Issue 89

A New Dimension for you and your patients •Easy handling and unlimited off-the-shelf availability •Less pain andmorbidity for your patients (graph 1) 1 •30% less surgical chair time (graph 2) 1,2 •Faster soft tissue healing •Natural soft tissue colour and structure 6 8 Mucograft ® * CTG Ibuprofen ® dose (mg) Total Ibuprofen ® dose  days post-operative Less pain **   **  € Geistlich Mucograft ® CTG Time (min) Total surgery time less chair time . €.­ 6 8 Mucograft ® * CTG Ibuprofen ® dose (mg) Total Ibuprofen ® dose  days post-operative Less pain **   1 Sanz M, et al. J Clin Periodontol. 2009 Oct;36(10):868-76 (Clinical study) 2 Lorenzo R, et al. Clin. Oral Impl. Res, 2012 Mar;23(3):316-24 (Clinical study) 3 Thoma DS, et al. J Clin Periodontol. 2012 Feb;39(2):157-65 (Clinical study) 4 McGuire MK & Scheyer ET. J Periodontol. 2010 Aug;81(8):1108-17 (Clinical study) 5 Nevins M, et al. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent. 2011 Jul-Aug;31(4):367-73 (Clinical study) * Mucograft ® (prototype) exhibited highly similar physical, mechanical and biological properties to the final product Geistlich Mucograft ® differing only in the porcine collagen source used. Graph 1 Significantly less patient pain with Mucograft ® (prototype)* as compared to connective tissue graft (CTG). 1 Graph 2 Significantly less surgical chair time with Geistlich Mucograft ® when compared to connective tissue graft (CTG). 2 Geistlich Mucograft ®