Demineralized bone-matrix-induced osteogenesis.

A review of the literature on bone formation induced by demineralized bone and dentin indicates that: there is considerable interest in the biology and applied science of osteoinduction; the technology has been developed, but it varies in detail from one laboratory to another because of specific and individual objectives; and the accumulated evidence supports the concept of cartilage and bone cell differentiation induced by a unique bone morphogenetic protein (BMP).