Effects of lateral bone augmentation procedures on peri-implant health or disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Ignacio Sanz SánchezAna Carrillo de AlbornozElena FigueroFrank SchwarzRonald Ernst JungMariano SanzDaniel Stefan ThomaPublished in: Clinical oral implants research (2018)
The results from this systematic review and meta-analysis have shown that lateral ridge augmentation procedures can maintain peri-implant health over time with low mucosal inflammatory changes and a relatively small incidence of peri-implant bone loss.