title: New method to increase inter-alveolar height with preservation of crestal cortical bone for implant treatment.
abstract: The aim of this technique is to provide adequate interocclusal distance (3 mm) allowing preprosthetic management. A bone block was cut with piezosurgery and extracted, leaving the crestal cortical bone intact. The free crestal alveolar bone was fixed to the maxilla with 2 dental implants. After 3 months of follow-up, abutment surgery was performed and osseointegration was evident with adequate interocclusal height (7 mm) allowing prosthetic management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Osman A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Etoz
authors.forename: Umut
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Demetoglu
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ocak
mesh_terms: D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D064592:Autografts / Q000637:transplantation; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D059605:Dental Implant-Abutment Design; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods; D015921:Dental Implants; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016348:Osseointegration / Q000502:physiology; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D059745:Piezosurgery / Q000379:methods; D014716:Vertical Dimension
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants
keywords: dental implants; guided bone regeneration; surgical techniques