Alveolar ridge bone changes in patients treated with the split-crest technique with simultaneous implant placement: A retrospective longitudinal observational study.

João Garcez-FilhoDébora de Almeida BiancoAndré Barbisan de SouzaRicardo Puziol de Oliveira Flávia MatarazzoMaurício G Araújo

Published in: Clinical oral implants research (2024)

Although SCT with simultaneous implant placement can predictably increase ARW postoperatively, ARW tended to significantly reduce over time, due to reductions in BBT and L/PBT, especially coronally. Nonetheless, 60% of the implants still presented some buccal bone at IPL.

Keyphrases

soft tissue
bone mineral density
ultrasound guided
bone regeneration
bone loss
body composition