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Discussions on Ridge Augmentation

Welcome to the Ridge Augmentation Section of OsseoNews.com, where you can research, and participate in discussions about Ridge Augmentation.

It's the one place where dentists, surgeons, and industry experts share their knowledge on Ridge Augmentation.

Recent Ridge Augmentation Discussions

• New Technique for Vertical Ridge Augmentation?

  I have seen a new technique for augmentation of vertical height of bone on deficient alveolar ridges. You harvest autogenous bone and mix it with particulate bone graft material and/or particulate hydroxyapatite and deliver this on to the ridge.

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• Ridge Augmentation for Implants: Block Graft vs. Particulate Bone Grafts?

  I sent a dental implant patient over to my oral surgeon to find out if he could have a bone graft on his maxillary alveolar ridges to increase bone height, width and volume.

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• Bucco-Lingual Resorption Exposing the Threads on Implants: How to Manage?

  But when I examined the patient at 6 months post-op, the alveolar ridge had undergone 4mm of bucco-lingual resorption exposing the threads on both dental implants.

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• Dense-PTFE Membrane vs. Expanded-PTFE Membrane ?

  I am a dental student and I am trying to figure out the difference between a dense-PTFE membrane and a expanded-PTFE membrane. What exactly is the difference?

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• Increasing Alveolar Ridge Height: Techniques?

  Are there any other techniques for augmenting alveolar ridge height other than using a block graft?

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• Balloon Device for Ridge Augmentation?

  I recently became aware of a technique for using a balloon type device for expanding the alveolar ridge area prepatory to tissue expansion procedures. Has anybody used this approach for alveolar ridge augmentation?

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• Alveolar Distraction Osteogenesis

  In which cases should distraction be used? What kinds of complications have you encountered?

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• Bone Augmentation and Ridge Preservation

  The most important lesson to be learned from the
  literature, as well as from my own personal experience, is that when a
  tooth is extracted, a bone augmentation or preservation procedure must
  be instituted at the time of extraction.

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• Ridge Augmentation

  Ridge height is adquate for 10mm length dental implants, however ridge widgth is inadequate. Provided inital stabilization is present, would this be considered too risky if approximtately 50% of the facial threads are exposed after osteotomy and dental implant placement?

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