Prospective evaluation of morbidity in patients who underwent autogenous bone-graft harvesting from the mandibular symphysis and retromolar regions.

Rodrigo Dos Santos PereiraMaicon D PavelskiGeraldo L GrizaFernanda B J D BoosEduardo Hochuli-Vieira

Published in: Clinical implant dentistry and related research (2019)

Harvesting bone grafts from the mandibular symphysis results in greater postoperative morbidity upon immediate evaluation compared with bone graft harvesting from the retromolar region. Nevertheless, during clinical follow-up, the results of both treatments showed that sensation was eventually recovered, depending on the healing period.

Keyphrases

bone mineral density
end stage renal disease
soft tissue
ejection fraction
bone loss
energy transfer
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
postmenopausal women
patients undergoing