A Two-step Method for the Preparation of Implant Recipient Site in Severe Atrophic Maxilla: A Case Report of the Alveolar Ridge Split Technique Followed by Bone Expansion
نویسندگان
1 Post Graduate of Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Student Research Committee, Mashhad Dental School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
2 General Dentist in Private Dental Center, Mashhad, Iran
3 Dental Research Center, Mashhad Univesity of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran 2 Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
4 Dentistry Student, Student Research Committee, Mashhad Dental School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
doi
10.22038/jdmt.2018.12378چکیده
Augmentation of deficient and atrophic alveolar ridges is an important aspect of dental implant therapy with the goal of providing a functional restoration in harmony with adjacent natural dentition. Bone splitting technique is considered a distinguished augmentation method for treatment of deficient alveolar ridges. According to this procedure, the compromised alveolar ridge is opened from the crest of the ridge and subsequently split with special chisel instruments. In this report, we described a case of horizontal ridge augmentation of an atrophic anterior maxillary ridge using ridge split in the first step and ridge expansion concomitant with implant placement in the second stage after 6 months. A two-step method of alveolar ridge split using piezosurgery followed by bone expansion is a reliable and successful treatment plan for implant recipient site rehabilitation in severe atrophic maxilla (less than 3 mm).
