Ridge split for implant placement in very thin alveolar ridge

Abstract

For implant treatment there must be sufficient bone to house the implant body. At least 5mm wide residual bone is needed and us ually a 6mm width is preferred by clinicians. However, surgeons sometimes find patients with a narrow ridge, which makes it difficult to place an im plant. Therefore, many clinicians perform bone graft or a ridge splitting technique to overcome these poor conditions. The time and cost can be reduce d using the ridge splitting technique with immediate implant placement. Recently, many studies reported reliable consequences of ridge splitting tech nique. This paper reports a successful of implant placement with a ridge splitting technique in a very thin alveolar ridge.