title: The lower border rib graft for mandibular atrophy.
abstract: Eight patients treated by a modified lower border rib grafting technique for severe mandibular atrophy have been followed for between two and eight years. The clinical results have been very satisfactory and resorption has been less than 12% after two years.
authors.affiliation: Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of California, San Francisco 94143.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pogrel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D001284:Atrophy; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002508:Cephalometry; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013516:Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic / Q000379:methods*; D010012:Osteogenesis; D012272:Ribs