title: Preliminary clinical and histologic evaluation of a bilateral 3-dimensional reconstruction in an atrophic mandible: a case report.
abstract: This article presents the case report of the bilateral 3-dimensional reconstruction of a posterior mandible in a 48-year-old woman. Titanium meshes and Regenaform demineralized freeze-dried bone allograft were used for bone regeneration. After 5 months the titanium mesh was removed, and after another 4 months, 4 Straumann sandblasted, large-grit, acid-etched implants were placed, 2 on each side of the mandible. During implantation a bone specimen was collected and sent for histologic examination. The definitive fixed prosthesis was fabricated after an additional 4 months. The clinical and histologic results are shown. The implants were followed for 18 months after implant loading; no signs of bone loss or infection were observed.
authors.affiliation: Milano-Bicocca Italy University Dental School, Italy. s.apollonia@sapol.it
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Longoni
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sartori
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Apruzzese
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baldoni
mesh_terms: D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D001284:Atrophy; D001861:Bone Regeneration; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000601:surgery; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged