This book expertly describes the key features of vertical and horizontal ridge augmentation, such as the surgical anatomy of the floor of the mouth, papilla reconstruction, the modified lingual flap and the preservation of the mental nerve during flap advancement, growth factor applications used in conjunction with perforated membranes, managing complications of membrane exposure and graft infections, and a step-by-step description of complete reconstruction of the severely resorbed maxillary ridge using GBR with simultaneous sinus augmentation. Almost all cases described include a retrospective section with suggestions on what could have been done differently to achieve even better results, making this book a frank, ambitious, and immensely informative text on the clinical practice of ridge augmentation with GBR.

400 pp; 1,229 illus;

ISBN: 978-1-78698-000-7; 9781786980007;

Also available in Spanish: Book Code E3742

Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Surgical Setup and Patient Preparation
3. Membranes and Graft Materials
4. The Intraoral Harvesting of Autogenous Bone
5. The Surgical Anatomy of the Floor of the Mouth
6. Principles of Vertical and Horizontal Ridge Augmentation in the Posterior Mandible
7. Vertical Ridge Augmentation
8. Vertical Ridge Augmentation in the Posterior Mandible
9. Anterior Mandibular Ridge Augmentation
10. Combined Posterior Maxillary and Ridge Augmentation for Partially Edentulous Patients
11. Horizontal Ridge Augmentation: The Sausage Technique
12. Ridge Augmentation in the Anterior Maxilla
13. Papilla Reconstruction in Conjunction with Vertical Augmentation in Single Tooth Defects
14. Surgical Management of Significant Anterior Maxillary Vertical Ridge Defects: The Classification of Anterior Maxillary Vertical Defects
15. Lateralization of the Nasopalatine Nerve: The Palatal Flap
16. Mucogingival Surgery After Bone Augmentation
17. New Perspectives in Mucogingival Surgery After Ridge Augmentation
18. New Perspectives in Crestal Bone Preservation After Ridge Augmentation
19. The Development and Maintenance of a Positive Gingival Architecture Using Single Implants in Multiple Missing Teeth
20. Reconstruction of the Edentulous Resorbed Maxilla
21. Complications of Bone Ridge Augmentation
22. The Use of Growth Factors