title: Classification of the alveolar ridge width: implant-driven treatment considerations for the horizontally deficient alveolar ridges.
abstract: Among many techniques advocated for the horizontally deficient alveolar ridges, ridge-split has many advantages. Here, treatment management strategies of the horizontally collapsed ridges, especially the ridge-split approach, are discussed and a clinically relevant implant-driven classification of the alveolar ridge width is proposed, with the goal to assist an operator in choosing the proper bone augmentation technique. Comparison and advantages of two commonly used techniques, ridge-split and block bone graft, are presented.
authors.affiliation: 1  Private practice, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, San Francisco, Calif, and Departments of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry and University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif.
authors.forename: Len
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tolstunov
mesh_terms: D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000145:classification* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000145:classification / Q000379:methods*; D064592:Autografts / Q000637:transplantation; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods; D015921:Dental Implants; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants
keywords: alveolar ridge; block bone graft; ridge-split