title: Clinical importance of recipient site characteristics for vertical ridge augmentation: a systematic review of literature and proposal of a classification.
abstract: This review evaluated the characteristics of vertical alveolar defects that were augmented via onlay bone grafting or guided bone regeneration. Information regarding the anatomic site, type of edentulism, and defects' dimensions were extracted. The experiments differed vastly in the description of the defects' features. Aiming to mitigate the confounding effect of recipient site's morphology in future experiments, a classification of vertically deficient recipient sites is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Dental Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. arashkhojasteh@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Arash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khojasteh
authors.forename: Golnaz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Morad
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Behnia
mesh_terms: D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000145:classification* / Q000601:surgery; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D001861:Bone Regeneration / Q000502:physiology; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D016557:Guided Tissue Regeneration, Periodontal / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000145:classification / Q000601:surgery; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000145:classification / Q000601:surgery