title: Socket grafting: a predictable technique for site preservation.
abstract: The demand for dental implants continues to rise worldwide, requiring clinicians to consider the incorporation of bone preservation procedures into their dental practice. Socket grafting offers a predictable, simple way to conserve the buccolingual and mesiodistal dimensions of the future implant site. Careful bone management and the use of various bone-grafting materials must be part of the practice of every implantologist. In this case report, the authors present a fundamental technique for socket grafting and 3 cases of site preservation with subsequent implant placement and restoration. Emphasis is placed on the evidence-based rationale for this procedure, the clinical technique, and the various grafting materials that can be employed by the clinician.
authors.affiliation: bjjddsimplant@aol.com
authors.forename: Brian J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Iyad
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Morcos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018786:Bone Substitutes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000601:surgery; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014082:Tooth Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000293:injuries*; D020390:Tooth Socket / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D018786:Bone Substitutes