Ridge Augmentation Using Customized Allogeneic Bone Block: A 3-Year Follow-up of Two Case Reports.

A variety of surgical techniques and grafting materials for the purpose of ridge augmentation have been developed during the last three decades. Recently, the use of customized allogeneic bone blocks, prepared by CAD/CAM techniques, has been introduced. This new augmentation technology may significantly reduce surgical time and improve donor-recipient fit and adaptation.

Use of bovine bone mineral, titanium mesh, and a cross-linked collagen membrane in single implant site development at a maxillary central incisor tooth site: a 3-year follow-up case report.

Purpose: It can be extremely challenging to replace a hopeless tooth in the maxillary central incisor area with an implant restoration, especially when the bony housing of the tooth is severely damaged. This condition is frequently found in teeth that have been severely traumatized in childhood. To avoid their extraction, these teeth might have been exposed to multiple compromised treatments and repeated traumatic injuries.

"Crown-then-graft": a novel approach to optimize teeth for crown placement and root coverage procedures. A 5-year case report.

Purpose: The presence of a treatable gingival recession in teeth ready for crown preparation requires a combined restorative-periodontal effort to achieve all biologic and esthetic goals. This needs an ideal artificial crown proportion and a harmonious gingival architecture. Traditionally, a root coverage procedure is initially performed followed by final crown preparation and cementation.

Implementing socket seal surgery as a socket preservation technique for pontic site development: surgical steps revisited--a report of two cases.

Background: Tooth removal is always followed by the loss of vital soft and hard tissues. When occurring in the anterior region of the maxilla, the resulting ridge deformation may cause severe functional and esthetic problems. Diverse soft and hard tissue regenerative procedures have been developed for correcting ridge defects with the aim of establishing functional and esthetically pleasing pontic or implant restoration sites.

Management of excessive gingival display following adult orthodontic treatment: a case report.

A common cause for the condition described as excessive gingival display is the phenomenon known as altered passive eruption, a coronally situated gingival complex that failed to recede normally during eruption of an otherwise healthy and normal dentition. Orthodontic movement in such conditions may set the stage for additional coronal growth of hyperplastic gingival complex. The objective of this article is to describe, through a detailed case presentation, the surgical methods used to achieve healthy and aesthetic gingival contours in such conditions.