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Immediate alveolar ridge distraction after tooth extraction--a preliminary report
A Gaggl1, G Schultes, H Rainer
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Graz, Austria. alexander.gaggl@kfunigraz.ac.at
The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
|August 16, 2002
Abstract:
Seven patients with severe periodontitis that had resulted in loss of alveolar ridge bone were treated by tooth extraction followed by immediate insertion of an implant distraction device. After successful distraction and bony healing the implant was used to fit a prosthesis.