title: Revisiting the hopeless ridge: part I--challenging the gold standard.
abstract: Proper bone-augmentation strategies are essential to recreating natural function and esthetics, implant dentistry's paramount objective. Although autogenous grafts have historically been considered the gold standard among grafting materials, they are associated with higher complication rates, greater resorption, and lower implant success than some of the allograft alternatives. Demineralized allograft bone combined with a carrier that facilitates handling has been verified to be inductive and offer other benefits. Three reports are presented of patients treated with such allograft materials in combination with resorbable membranes.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lupovici
mesh_terms: D020341:Absorbable Implants; D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000628:therapy*; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018786:Bone Substitutes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D016557:Guided Tissue Regeneration, Periodontal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D018786:Bone Substitutes