The regeneration of periodontium is the goal of periodontal therapy. Many periodontologists try to achieve this goal by using guided tissue regeneration(GTR) method. However, these procedures always include several disadvantages. Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) stimulated ectopic bone formation when it was implanted in rat muscles with insoluble bone matrix by differentiating muscle cells into chondrocytes and osteoblasts. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the osteoinductive potential of the mixture of rhBMP-2 (5 μg/ml) and heparin (0.25 or 25 μg/ml ) at the critically sized rabbit calvarial defects. And this study aimed to reveal that heparin also acts to enhance the bone forming activity of rhBMP-2. The 12 rabbits (4-month-old; NewZealand White) were used in the present study. 5 μg/ml of rhBMP-2 and 0, 0.25 or 25 μg/ml of heparin were mixed and blotted into anorganic bovine bone and filled cranial defects. The animals were sacrificed following a time schedule (1, 3, and 6 weeks). Sections were made in 7 μm thicknesses, stained with H&E and Masson's trichrome method, and examined under a light microscope. The differences among each obtained percent value were evaluated by one-way analysis of variance. A p value of p<0.05 was considered statistically significant and an ANOVA test was performed to verify significant differences. To adjust for multiple comparisons when one-way analysis of variance showed a significant difference between groups (p<0.05), Scheffe`s post hoc test was used to identify which group differences accounted for the significant p-value. In control group, osteoinduction was not outstanding, however, in experimental groups, osteoinduction was significantly outstanding, and as the concentration of heparin mixed with rhBMP-2 increased, osteoinduction was increased. Mixtures of rhBMP-2 and heparin affect bone formation at initial bone formation, but that effect disappeared following a time lapse.

I. INTRODUCTION
 II. Materials and Methods
  1. Animals
  2. BMP, heparin and anorganic bone
  3. Surgical procedure
  4. Preparation of specimens and analysis oftissues
  5. Statistical analysis
 III. Results
  1. Clinical findings
  2. Descriptive histologic analysis
  3. Histomorphometric analysis
 IV. Discussions
 V. Conclusions
 VI. Reference

• 정환종(Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry) | Hwan Jong Jeong
• 임성빈(Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry) | Sung Bin Lim
• 정진형(Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry) | Chin Hyung Chung
• 홍기석(Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry) | Ki Seok Hong
• 박경주(Department of Oral Histology, School of Predentistry, Dankook University) | Gyeong Ju Park correspondence