PURPOSE: To describe a successful clinical case of implant prosthetic rehabilitation in an atrophic posterior mandible reconstructed by inlay bone grafting after bone block harvesting from the mandibular ramus. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A 55-year-old woman with an atrophied right posterior mandible underwent surgical inlay ridge augmentation under local anaesthesia using a block graft harvested from the ipsilateral mandibular ramus. Three months later 3 dental implants were inserted, and after an additional 4 months abutments were connected and a definitive fixed bridge inserted. RESULTS: After a 24-month follow-up, no implant failure was recorded; the patient was functionally and esthetically satisfied. CONCLUSION: The inlay procedure in atrophic posterior mandible, associated with mandibular ramus graft harvesting, may be considered an effective, minimally invasive and well-tolerated procedure for implant prosthetic rehabilitation.
Felice P, Iezzi G, Lizio G, Piattelli A, Marchetti C. (2009). RECONSTRUCTION OF ATROPHIED POSTERIOR MANDIBLE WITH INLAY TECHNIQUE AND MANDIBULAR RAMUS BLOCK GRAFT FOR IMPLANT PROSTHETIC REHABILITATION. JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, 67, 372-380 [10.1016/j.joms.2008.07.006].
RECONSTRUCTION OF ATROPHIED POSTERIOR MANDIBLE WITH INLAY TECHNIQUE AND MANDIBULAR RAMUS BLOCK GRAFT FOR IMPLANT PROSTHETIC REHABILITATION
FELICE, PIETRO;LIZIO, GIUSEPPE;MARCHETTI, CLAUDIO
2009
Abstract
PURPOSE: To describe a successful clinical case of implant prosthetic rehabilitation in an atrophic posterior mandible reconstructed by inlay bone grafting after bone block harvesting from the mandibular ramus. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A 55-year-old woman with an atrophied right posterior mandible underwent surgical inlay ridge augmentation under local anaesthesia using a block graft harvested from the ipsilateral mandibular ramus. Three months later 3 dental implants were inserted, and after an additional 4 months abutments were connected and a definitive fixed bridge inserted. RESULTS: After a 24-month follow-up, no implant failure was recorded; the patient was functionally and esthetically satisfied. CONCLUSION: The inlay procedure in atrophic posterior mandible, associated with mandibular ramus graft harvesting, may be considered an effective, minimally invasive and well-tolerated procedure for implant prosthetic rehabilitation.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.