Bone Resorption During Submerged Healing After Guided Bone Regeneration : A Prospective Case Series

31 December 2017

Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate bone resorption quantitatively during the healing period subsequent to ridge augmentation.

Results Overall changes in alveolar bone with a mean resorption rate of 19.8%.Vertical mean resorption rate of 22.8%, horizontal 18.7%. 4 sites with post-operative complications including membrane exposure showed an average of 42.1% resorption rates. Conclusion Loss in graft quantity was observed after ridge augmentation using an allograft and nonresorbable membrane during submerged healing before implant placement. Further studies with larger sample sizes are recommended to confirm its findings.
Author(s)	Source
Hur Y, Ogata Y, Kim D, Pham C, Yoon T, Ogata, H	Implant Dentistry, Dec 2017, Volume 26 (6), p 820–825, © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. doi: 10.1097/ID.0000000000000686, ISSN: 1056-6163
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