title: Treatment of a two wall defect in a mandibular posterior tooth with autogenous bone graft obtained during ledge removal with a hand instrument.
abstract: Autogenous bone grafts have been considered the gold standard for bone grafting procedures. This case report describes the management of a two wall defect by utilizing the autogenous bone graft obtained during removal of ledges as a part of osteoplasty procedure. The bone was removed with a sickle scaler, and sufficient amounts of bone graft material were obtained to fill a two wall defect distal to left mandibular first molar.
authors.affiliation: Deptartment of Periodontics, Government Dental College, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sam
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Government Dental College, Calicut, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Rosamma Joseph
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Vadakkekuttical
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Government Dental College, Calicut, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Kanakkath
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harikumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Government Dental College, Calicut, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Nagrale Vijay
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Amol
keywords: Autografts; bone regeneration; intrabony defect; periodontal bone loss