The mandibular ramus donor site

With the increased awareness of the population about dental implants, more patients are presenting after losing a number of teeth and requesting fixed solutions to their dilemmas. Often they have lost width of alveolus which does not allow implant placement without its augmentation. The mandibular ramus is one intra-oral site that can supply excellent quality and often quantity of autologous bone for use in augmenting alveolar ridge deficiencies. This article describes the general surgical principles in harvesting the mandibular ramus.