Teflon tubes containing freshly mixed, polymerized Hydron root canal filling material, fully set AH26 or Teflon were implanted into the mandible of guinea pigs and assessed histologically at 2 days, 1, 2, 4, 12 and 26 weeks. None of the materials tested elicited signs of overt or significant tissue damage, and polymerized Hydron was assessed to be as biocompatible as fully set AH26 and Teflon. Bone formed in very close apposition to the polymerized Hydron, whereas a soft tissue capsule separated the regenerated bone from implants of AH26 and Teflon.