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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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| Issue : 5 | Page : 49-52 |
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Platelet-rich fibrin or platelet-rich plasma – which one is better? an opinion
Shweta Bansal, Arun Garg, Richa Khurana, Parul Chhabra
Department of Periodontics, JCD Dental College and Hospital, Sirsa, Haryana, India
Correspondence Address:
Shweta Bansal
Department of Periodontics, JCD Dental College and Hospital, Sirsa, Haryana
India
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DOI: 10.4103/IJDS.IJDS_55_17
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The healing of hard and soft tissue in mediated by a wide range of intracellular and extracellular events that are regulated by signaling proteins. Platelets can play a crucial role in periodontal regeneration as they are the reservoirs of growth factors and cytokines which are the key factors for regeneration of bone and maturation of soft tissue. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is first generation platelet concentrate. However, the short duration of cytokine release and its poor mechanical properties have resulted in search of new material. Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) is a natural fibrin-based biomaterial prepared from an anticoagulant-free blood harvest without any artificial biochemical modification (no bovine thrombin is required) that allows obtaining fibrin membranes enriched with platelets and growth factors. The slow polymerization during centrifugation, fibrin-based structure, ease of preparation, minimal expense makes PRF somewhat superior in some aspect to PRP. |
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