Description
InterCollagen® Guide is a porcine-derived resorbable collagen membrane intended for periodontal and/or dental surgeries. When used in conjunction with a graft material for a guided bone regeneration procedure, the membrane acts as a barrier that restricts the entry of rapidly proliferating non-osteogenic cells within the bony defect while allowing the ingrowth of slow-growing bone-forming cells. This resorbable barrier gets remodeled and/or incorporated by the host tissue, typically within 15 weeks.
InterCollagen® Guide’s dense fibrous, cross-linked architecture enhances mechanical strength and increases durability, and yet it is easily sutured, highly drapable, and can be trimmed to the required size.
Indications for Use
InterCollagen® Guide, alone or in combination with suitable augmentation materials e.g. autogenous bone, allogeneic, xenogeneic or alloplastic bone replacement materials, can be used in guided bone regeneration (GBR) and guided tissue regeneration (GTR) procedures as a bioadegraeable barrier:
• In the context of a treatment of fenestration defects
• In case of dehiscence defects
• After apicoectomy and resection or retained teeth
• In extraction sockets after tooth extractions
• In case of immediate or delayed augmentation around implants in extraction sockets
