The fabrication and use of an extraoral surgical guide for implant placement coincident with soft tissue matrix expansion grafts: a clinical report.
During soft tissue matrix expansion (tent pole) graft (STMEG) surgery, the traditional intraoral surgical guide for dental implant placement cannot be used because the surgery is initiated and maintained outside the oral cavity. The essential records established from an intraoral surgical guide must be transferred to an extraoral surgical guide. This clinical report describes the fabrication and use of an extraoral surgical guide employed during STMEG surgery.
Kudyba
Paul S
PS
Medical College of Georgia, School of Dentistry, Augusta, USA. DRPSK@aol.com
Loetscher
Christian A
CA
Perciaccante
Vincent J
VJ
Jones
Cindy T
CT
Cantrell
Julie H
JH
D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000368:Aged; D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000601:surgery*; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D002680:Chin / Q000601:surgery; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D003826:Denture, Complete, Lower; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D003765:Models, Dental; D014727:Vestibuloplasty / Q000379:methods
D000180:Acrylic Resins