PMID: 11933611Apr 6, 2002Paper

Onlay grafts in combination with endosseous implants in severe mandibular atrophy. A prospective radiological study

Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde
J W VerhoevenR Koole

Abstract

The placement of endosseous implants in combination with iliac crest onlay grafting of the anterior mandible is one of the treatment modalities for extreme atrophy of the mandible. The remodelling of these onlay grafts was studied using standardized extraoral oblique lateral cephalometric radiographs (OLCRs). A group of 8 patients was used in this prospective study. The measurements obtained from the OLCRs indicated the existence of the following stages in the process of remodelling of the bone grafts: 1. decrease in thickness and radiographic density of the (upper) cortex of the graft, predominantly during the first half year after grafting; 2. no significant changes in the radiographic density of the upper spongeous part of the graft; 3. a mean decrease of approximately 25% in the overall thickness of the graft, particularly during the first half year; and 4. an increase in the radiographic density of the lower part of the spongeous bone in the second half year after grafting. It is concluded that the remodelling of the graft has a predictable pattern in time. Densitometric measurement using standardized OLCRs can be a useful tool to evaluate quantitative changes of bone grafts to the mandible. The treatment described can be ...Continue Reading

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