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The tent pole splint: a bone-supported stereolithographic surgical splint for the soft tissue matrix expansion graft
Joseph E Cillo1, Nicholas Theodotou, Marc Samuels
1Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA. jecdna@aol.com
Abstract:
This report details the use of computer-aided planning and intraoperative stereolithographic direct-bone-contact surgical splints for the accurate extraoral placement of dental implants in the soft tissue matrix expansion (tent pole) graft of the severely resorbed mandible.
