Anorganic bovine bone and ceramic analogs of bone mineral as implants to facilitate bone regeneration.

A number of approaches have directed toward the development of a substance that can substitute for allogeneic bone for grafting procedures. Synthetic HA ceramic materials are limited in being able to serve as analogs of bone mineral for use as implants to facilitate bone regeneration. HA ceramics do not replicate the chemistry and crystalline structure of natural bone mineral. An alternative approach has been to deorganify bovine bone to produce bone mineral in forms that can be employed as implants.