title: The preservation of alveolar bone ridge during tooth extraction.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aims were to overview healing of extraction socket, recommendations for atraumatic tooth extraction, possibilities of post extraction socket bone and soft tissues preservation, augmentation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A search was done in Pubmed on key words in English from 1962 to December 2011. Additionally, last decades different scientific publications, books from reference list were assessed for appropriate review if relevant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was made intraalveolar and extraalveolar postextractional socket healing overview. There was established the importance and effectiveness of atraumatic tooth extraction and subsequent postextractional socket augmentation in limited hard and soft tissue defects. There are many different methods, techniques, periods, materials in regard to the review. It is difficult to compare the data and to give the priority to one.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Odontology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eiveniu str. 2, LT-50009 Kaunas, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Marius
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kubilius
authors.forename: Ricardas
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kubilius
authors.forename: Alvydas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gleiznys
mesh_terms: D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000502:physiology*; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D020390:Tooth Socket / Q000502:physiology*