Following his graduation,Dr. El Deeb worked at the University of Minnesota in the Department ofOral and Maxillofacial surgery where he worked his way up through the ranks to become a full professorin 1991.
Furthermore, Dr. El Deeb served as aVice-President at the American Cleft Palate and CraniofacialAssociation.He founded MinnesotaOral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 1991 andNorthside Minnesota Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons in 1999.
Dr. El Deeb has more than 100 publications including scientific papers, abstracts and textbook chapters. Dr. El Deeb has lectured in more than 13 different countries on topics related toOral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Bone loss or deterioration occurs when the jaw bone no longer receives stimuli from teeth where there are gaps or tooth loss. Bone grafting can replace the missing bone from the deterioration. This gives the opportunity to place implants and treat the aesthetic appearance of a patients smile.
Autografts, which are also known as Autogenous bone grafts, are bone transplants taken from the patients own body, elsewhere from the point of treatment. Usually, bone is taken from the chin, lower leg, hip or skull. The advantage to using the patients own bones is that it reduces the chance of rejection and encourages certain advantages to the growth. The only downside is that it will require 2 procedures: one to harvest the bone, and one to place it.
Xenogenic bone is bone that is taken from the dead bone of another animal, usually cow and is also used primarily for bone framework and growth support. The bone is treated at very high temperatures to avoid contamination.
Both xenogenic and allogenic bone grafting can both be completed in a single surgical procedure, but they do not directly substitute bone loss, and the bone regeneration can take a much longer time than autografts.