title: Exostosis: a donor site for autograft.
abstract: This article reports the utilization of exostosis as a source of autogenous bone for the treatment of osseous defects. A patient presented with an exostosis on the mandibular lingual region on the right side of the jaw. Exostosis was surgically removed using a chisel and mallet. The autograft thus obtained was used to treat a shallow osseous crater between 46 and 47. New bone formation was noticed at the grafted site 6 months after grafting. Bone formed in the grafted areas showed comparable clinical features to those of native bone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, VS Dental College and Hospital, Bangalore, India. rajivnidasale@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Rajiv N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Puttaswamaiah
authors.forename: Sushama R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Galgali
authors.forename: Vinayak S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Gowda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000601:surgery; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D055113:Chronic Periodontitis / Q000601:surgery; D005096:Exostoses / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000502:physiology; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000295:instrumentation; D010514:Periodontal Pocket / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D060053:Transplant Donor Site / Q000601:surgery*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous