title: Early implant loading in severely resorbed maxilla using xenograft, autograft, and platelet-rich plasma in 97 patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We studied the reconstruction of the maxilla with the simultaneous placement of International Team for Implantology (ITI) implants with the combined use of a small amount of intraoral autogenous bone providing the necessary viable stem cells, and a larger amount of xenogenic bone used as a scaffold and a purely autologous platelet concentrate providing the growth factors for optimal bone formation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-seven consecutive patients, 57 females and 40 males, with severe maxillary atrophy necessitating bone grafting for implant and fixed bridge reconstruction were treated between 2001 and 2003. A total of 314 implants ITI sand-blasted large-grit acid-etched type were placed simultaneously in the anterior, posterior or both parts of the maxilla.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of all the cases, 97.8% healed uneventfully with excellent hard and soft tissues healing. Bone maturation was excellent at 3 months as seen on x-rays and CAT scans.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of autologous platelet concentrate combined with autogenous and xenogenous grafts allowed fast soft and hard tissue healing.
authors.affiliation: Bayonne, France. c.mannai@surgical.net
authors.forename: Chawket
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mannai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D001284:Atrophy; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000601:surgery*; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D000044:Dental Abutments; D015921:Dental Implants; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016348:Osseointegration / Q000502:physiology; D010949:Plasma; D017713:Platelet Transfusion; D011446:Prospective Studies; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants