Use of the mandibular staple bone plate with augmentation in bone grafts

The mandibular staple bone plate is a helpful adjunct to the treatment of advanced mandibular atrophy when augmentation bone grafts are required. The vestibuloplasty procedure can often be eliminated or modified. The patient can be prosthetically rehabilitated sooner and experiences much greater stability than with conventional denture. If instability contributes to bone loss, then the mandibular staple bone plate should decrease the rate of bone loss in these more vulnerable denture patients and subsequently improve the long term results of the augmentation procedures.