Mandibular Alveolar Ridge Split With Simultaneous Implant Placement: A Case Report

Overview

Journal Cureus

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2022 Dec 9

PMID 36483892

Authors

Kamal Prasad Pandey

Radhika Sunil Kherdekar

Hoshang Advani

Seema Dixit

Ashutosh Dixit

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Abstract

Bone resorption following tooth loss is an obvious, continuous, and unpredictable process, which poses one of the greatest challenges in implant placement. The posterior regions of the jaws show more resorption compared to the anterior regions, with the mandible being affected more. Augmentation of the narrow alveolar ridge has been done using various techniques. The alveolar ridge split technique (ARST) is frequently used for the horizontal augmentation of the narrow ridge. In this case report, a 47-year-old female patient who had partial edentulism on the lower left jaw region associated with a narrow alveolar ridge was treated using the ridge split technique. A piezosurgical unit was used for splitting the ridge, followed by simultaneous implant placement. This alveolar ridge split technique is considered to be more predictable, reliable, and successful as compared to other techniques such as autogenous onlay bone graft and guided bone regeneration.

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