NDLI: Prosthetic rehabilitation of edentulous ridges following alveolar distraction osteogenesis: clinical report of three cases.

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Author	Ergun, Gulfem Nagas, Isil Cekic Yilmaz, Dervis Ozturk, Mustafa
Description	Country affiliation: Turkey Author Affiliation: Ergun G ( Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.)
Abstract	Patients with complete edentulism who have insufficient bone for endosseous dental implant treatment present a challenge for dental practitioners. Distraction osteogenesis of the edentulous alveolar ridges is a process for augmentation of atrophic alveolar bone before dental implant placement. This clinical report describes the use of distraction osteogenesis and rehabilitation of patients with a fixed or removable implant-supported prosthesis to treat mandibular defects. Two female patients with segmental alveolar atrophy at the posterior regions of mandible and one female patient with defect at the anterior region of mandible were treated using distraction devices. However, lingual tipping of the distraction vector occurred during the distraction phase in patient 1. The morphology of the alveolar bone was also analyzed in relation to the planned implant position. After a consolidation period of 12 weeks on average, radiologic observation suggested that there was sufficient bone formation for implant installation. In all patients, implant-supported fixed or removable prosthetic oral rehabilitation was successfully performed, and the clinical and radiologic findings were satisfactory. After 4 years of follow-up, no functional or esthetic difficulties with the implants and restorations were noted. These case reports suggest that although alveolar distraction osteogenesis seems to be an effective technique for augmenting atrophic alveolar bone for creating bone and soft tissue, complications may occur after surgical procedures.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	01606972
Volume Number	37 Spec No
e-ISSN	15481336
Journal	Journal of Oral Implantology
Language	English
Publisher	American Association of Implant Dentistry
Publisher Date	2011-03-01
Publisher Place	United States
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Discipline Dentistry Discipline General Surgery Alveolar Bone Loss Therapy Dental Abutments Denture, Complete, Lower Jaw, Edentulous Rehabilitation Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic Methods Osteogenesis, Distraction Aged Pathology Alveolar Ridge Augmentation Instrumentation Dental Implantation, Endosseous Dental Implants Dental Prosthesis, Implant-supported Denture Retention Female Humans Surgery Mandible Middle Aged Orthognathic Surgical Procedures Radiography Case Reports Journal Article
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Case study Article
Subject	Oral Surgery

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