Open AccessVertical Alveolar Ridge Augmentation: A Technique for Stabilizing Bone Grafts in the Atrophic Maxilla with Simultaneous Implant Placement
Author(s) -
Bartolomeo Lofano,
Roberto Luongo,
Giuseppe Bianco,
Andrea Lofano,
Alessandro Vantaggiato,
Eugenio Pedullà,
Antônio Scarano,
Emanuele Frassanito,
Calogero Bugea
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of biomedical research and environmental sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2766-2276
DOI - 10.37871/jbres1237
Subject(s) - medicine , mandibular symphysis , implant , dentistry , symphysis , alveolar ridge , dental alveolus , fixation (population genetics) , radiography , maxilla , radiological weapon , surgery , population , environmental health
Achieving adequate fixation of bone blocks harvested from the mandibular symphysis and used in conjunction with dental implants has been a continuing challenge. In response, the Authors developed a method of using the implant itself to stabilize the graft material in single-implant sites in severely resorbed alveolar ridges. This technique was utilized to place 19 standard implants in 15 patients. After 12 to 60 months of clinical and radiological follow-up, all implants had survived, a success rate of 100%. Measurements of the radiographs showed bone loss of 1.70 mm ± 0.4 mm.