Abstract
24Jun 2017 EFFECT OF GUIDED BONE REGENERATION ON RIDGE SPLITTING WITH OR WITHOUT EXPANSION IN ADULTS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Ahmed Hanafy Samar El Kholy and Basma Mostafa. Assistant Lecturer, Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Beni-Suef University, Egypt. Professor, Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery and Oral Medicine, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Highlights
Several modifications have been applied to the ridgeReceived: 24 April 2017 Final Accepted: 26 May 2017 Published: June 2017 splitting with or without expansion technique to allow for implant placement in the atrophic ridges
Of the 14 studies included in the present study only one study compared ridge splitting with/without expansion technique alone and with guided bone regeneration
The studies included in the present review showed high success and survival rates of implants placed in narrow ridges where ridge splitting and/or expansion technique were used with/without the application of guided bone regeneration
Summary
Several modifications have been applied to the ridge. Received: 24 April 2017 Final Accepted: 26 May 2017 Published: June 2017 splitting with or without expansion technique to allow for implant placement in the atrophic ridges. Some studies utilized guided bone regeneration and others not. Aim: This systematic review will try to present the different studies. Discussing the effects of conjunction of bone grafting materials and/or membranes or not with the ridge splitting with or without expansion for patients having insufficient bucco-palatal ridge width
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