Three-dimensional microplate-enhanced alveolar ridge augmentation--an alternative to nerve transposition.
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.
Meltzer
A M
AM
New York University, New York, USA.
Edenbaum
D R
DR
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