Oral Maxillofacial Surgery
Clinical Cases
3-dimensional reconstruction of the alveolar ridge (Case 1)
Case by PD Dr. Christian Mertens
Germany
Full-arch alveolar ridge reconstruction with autologous bone block and Geistlich Bio-Gide®.
56 year old patient with extreme atrophy of the edentulous maxilla.
The optical cross-sections on the CBCT pictures show the extended vertical bony atrophy of the maxillary alveolar ridge
01/05
Vertical augmentation with autologous block (Case 2)
Case by PD Dr. Christian Mertens
Germany
Vertical anterior ridge augmentation with autologous bone block and Geistlich Bio-Gide®.
Panoramic radiograph showing the anterior vertical defect in the mandible.
01/05
Vertical augmentation of the alveolar ridge
Case by Prof. Dr. Simion and Dr. Pieroni
Italy
Vertical augmentation of the anterior maxillary alveolar ridge with form-stable membrane and Geistlich biomaterials.
The preoperative situation shows that teeth 11, 21, 23, and 24 are hopeless due to vertical bone loss.
01/05
Horizontal augmentation of the alveolar ridge
Case by Prof. Dr. Robert Carvalho da Silva, Prof. Dr. Paulo Fernando Mesquita, Prof. Dr. Julio Cesar Joly
Brasil
Horizontal augmentation of a knife-edge alveolar ridge in the posterior mandible with particulate bone graft, Geistlich Bio-Gide®, and tenting screw.
Pre-operative CBCT scan shows thin alveolar posterior ridge.
01/05
Surgery Movies
Sausage Technique by Prof. Dr. Istvan Urban
01/05