Alveolar ridge dimensions in mandibular posterior regions: a retrospective comparative study of dentate and edentulous sites using computerized tomography data.

Mattia Pramstraller Gian Pietro Schincaglia Renata Vecchiatini Roberto Farina Leonardo Trombelli

Published in: Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA (2018)

In the posterior mandible, edentulous sites show a reduced height and bucco-lingual ridge width compared to contralateral dentate sites. Gender seems to have a limited impact on the extent of ridge resorption following the loss of posterior mandibular teeth.

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