title: Veneer grafting: a technique for augmentation of the resorbed alveolus prior to implant placement. A clinical report.
abstract: Sixty-three patients with inadequate topography of the edentulous ridge were treated with mandibular ramus/body grafts to allow for the placement of endosseous implants. After 4 months of osseous healing, 187 implants were placed in the grafted sites. The mandibular ramus/body grafts remained viable regardless of the age or the extent of alveolar resorption in the patients treated. The ease of harvesting this graft in the office setting, its long-term resistance to resorption, and minimal postoperative morbidity makes this a viable intraoral donor site for horizontal alveolar augmentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Alameda Medical Center, Oakland, California, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bedrossian
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tawfilis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alijanian
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D001857:Bone Matrix / Q000637:transplantation; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000601:surgery; D001863:Bone Screws; D018786:Bone Substitutes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D015921:Dental Implants; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D008903:Minerals / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016348:Osseointegration; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D010519:Periodontium / Q000601:surgery; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: C077540:Bio-Oss; D018786:Bone Substitutes; D015921:Dental Implants; D008903:Minerals