Resumo (EN)
From the earliest days, mankind has been looking for ways to replace damaged living tissue, using as substitutes synthetic or natural substances, which are now called biomaterials. With the necessity of reconstructions involving lost bone tissues, it was led to the technical improvement and advancement of the studies of such materials, to replace or optimize the graft surgical procedures in humans. The objetive of this article to describe, through a review of the literature, the types and properties of grafts currently used in dentistry. The literature shows that properties such as osteoconductivity, osteoinduction, among others, are extremely important when choosing the material to be used for grafting. In addition, the origin of these materials, be they autogenous, allogeneic, xenogeneic, or alloplastic, present precise indications for the success of the procedure to be performed, that with the constant growth around grafting, several products appear in the current dentistry, being the same, used in close contact with biological tissues such as pulp, dentin, periodontal tissue, and alveolar bone.