Fixation screws for graft: which size do you prefer?

Last Updated: Mar 13, 2017

Which size and length of fixation screw do you use most often for fixation of a buccal plate that fractured after ridge splitting or to stabilize a block graft? Do you prefer for the screw tip to terminate within the cortical bone? If the screw tip protrudes beyond the lingual cortical plate, is this a problem for the soft tissue? Or would you prefer to leave some threads on the buccal and graft them?

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Dennis Flanagan DDS MSc

03/14/2017

When fixation screws are not possible two layers of barrier membrane is appropriate. Dennis Flanagan DDS MSc

Geoff

03/15/2017

Just take a diamond bur and cut them off on the lingual. They aren't always a problem such as on the palate where the tissue is thick, but even there they can be a problem as an irritant.

Dr. H

03/15/2017

I thought that might be a good fix too.

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