title: Three-dimensional microplate-enhanced alveolar ridge augmentation--an alternative to nerve transposition.
abstract: The placement of endosseous implants in the atrophic posterior mandible has presented a challenge to the surgeon and restorative dentist. Traditional procedures either require nerve transposition or utilization of implants placed at less than favorable angles. A technique is presented for the three-dimensional augmentation of the atrophic alveolar ridge utilizing microplate-enhanced guided bone regeneration technology. The applications of this technique in other intraoral and extraoral sites are currently under investigation by the authors.
authors.affiliation: New York University, New York, USA.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Meltzer
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Edenbaum
mesh_terms: D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D001284:Atrophy; D001860:Bone Plates; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D005260:Female; D016557:Guided Tissue Regeneration, Periodontal / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible; D008875:Middle Aged