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The mandibular ramus donor site
Author(s) -
Brener D.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2006.tb00425.x
Subject(s) - mandibular ramus , dentistry , medicine , alveolar ridge , dental implant , orthodontics , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , population , implant , osteotomy , surgery , biology , genus , botany , environmental health
With the increased awareness of the population about dental implants, more patients are presenting after losing a number of teeth and requesting fixed solutions to their dilemmas. Often they have lost width of alveolus which does not allow implant placement without its augmentation. The mandibular ramus is one intra‐oral site that can supply excellent quality and often quantity of autologous bone for use in augmenting alveolar ridge deficiencies. This article describes the general surgical principles in harvesting the mandibular ramus.