Modified Ridge Splitting Technique Using Autogenous Bone Blocks (MRS)

Launched by SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY · Aug 10, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

Patients were required to rinse with a 0.2% chlorhexidine solution for 1 min before surgery. Under local anesthesia, a full-thickness flap was raised from a crestal incision with a mesial releasing incision to access the alveolar ridge and the retromolar area. A midcrestal osteotomy was preformed, leaving a safety zone of at least 2 mm from the adjacent tooth. Two vertical releasing osteotomies were performed at the mesial and distal ends of the mid-crestal osteotomy. Apically, the vertical osteotomies were connected horizontally with a superficial corticotomy. Osteotomies and corticotomies...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Mandibular ridge width at least 3 mm;
• • Ridge height at least 11 mm;
• • Spongiosa between the two cortical plates at least 1 mm
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • History of uncontrolled medical disorders;
• • History of systemic diseases or medication that alter bone metabolism;
• • Poor oral hygiene;
• • Smoking