Vertical Alveolar Ridge Augmentation: A Technique for Stabilizing Bone Grafts in the Atrophic Maxilla with Simultaneous Implant Placement

Bartolomeo Lofano; Roberto Luongo; Giuseppe Bianco; Andrea Lofano; Alessandro Vantaggiato; Eugenio Pedulla; Antonio Scarano; Emanuele Frassanito; Calogero Bugea*

Bartolomeo Lofano, Roberto Luongo, Giuseppe Bianco, Andrea Lofano, Alessandro Vantaggiato, Eugenio Pedulla, Antonio Scarano, Emanuele Frassanito and Calogero Bugea*

Volume2-Issue5
Dates: Received: 2021-05-04 | Accepted: 2021-05-10 | Published: 2021-05-15
Pages: 335-338

Abstract

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.

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Lofano B, Luongo R, Bianco G, Lofano A, Vantaggiato A, Pedulla E, Scarano A, Frassanito E, Bugea C. Vertical Alveolar Ridge Augmentation: A Technique for Stabilizing Bone Grafts in the Atrophic Maxilla with Simultaneous Implant Placement. J Biomed Res Environ Sci. 2021 May 15; 2(5): 333-338. doi: 10.37871/jbres1237, Article ID: jbres1237

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Orthopedics

Dentistry

Surgery

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