title: Flabby ridge correction using an auxiliary technique with connective tissue graft.
abstract: A common finding in patients with edentulous maxilla and partially dentate mandible is mainly the presence of flabbiness in the anterior edentulous alveolar ridge that can compromise the retention and stability of a denture. Thus, this case report presents the correction of a flabby ridge, using an auxiliary technique combining surgical excision and autogenous connective tissue grafting. The technique improved the quality of the osteomucosal support of the alveolar ridge and increased the vestibule deepness, whose result increased the success rate of the new conventional total prosthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Integrated Clinic, UNESP-Univ Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba Dental School, São Paulo, Brazil. celiatomiko@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Célia Tomiko Matida Hamata
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Eloá Rodrigues
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Luvizuto
authors.forename: Alvaro Francisco
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Bosco
authors.forename: Marcelo Coelho
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Goiato
authors.forename: Sônia Regina
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Panzarini
mesh_terms: D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D003819:Denture Bases; D003781:Denture Retention / Q000379:methods*; D003827:Denture, Complete, Upper; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged