title: Vertical ridge augmentation of an atrophic posterior mandible with an inlay technique and cancellous equine bone block: a case report.
abstract: This report describes a successful implant prosthetic rehabilitation in an atrophic left posterior mandible in a 62-year-old man using a cancellous equine bone block as grafting material. Four months later, two bone specimens were retrieved for histologic evaluation and two dental implants were placed. Computed tomography and conventional radiography showed a 5-mm mean vertical bone gain. The biopsies showed new bone formation within the cancellous portion of the blocks and no foreign body reaction. Cancellous equine bone grafts may be an effective alternative to autogenous bone and inorganic bovine bone grafting for reconstruction of the posterior mandible using the inlay technique.
authors.affiliation: Dental School, Unit of Periodontology and Implantology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. pietro.felice@unibo.it
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Felice
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Piana
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Checchi
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Corvino
authors.forename: Ulf
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Nannmark
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piattelli
mesh_terms: D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000601:surgery; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D001284:Atrophy; D001706:Biopsy; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D002417:Cattle; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods; D015921:Dental Implants; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D064593:Heterografts / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation*; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D063175:Mandibular Reconstruction / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000502:physiology; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000295:instrumentation; D059745:Piezosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants