Augmentation of residual alveolar bone height with tissue engineering for dental implant placement

SM BalajiIndian Journal of Dental Research 2014 25(3):410-412The challenge of correcting deficient vertical alveolar height for dental implant placement has been there since dental implants came in to regular clinical placement. The ability of various methods to increase the residual alveolar height has met with varying results. The primary reason is that the techniques were not quite successful in maintaining the required residual alveolar height. Use of Bone Morphogentic Protein, especially rhBMP-2 has been met with high degree of success in deficient vertical alveolar height in a mandibular ridge. The demonstration of this using a case has been presented here.

Source: Table of Contents : Indian Journal of Dental Research : 2006 - 17(3) - August 7, 2014 Category: Dentistry Authors: SM Balaji Source Type: research