POST-EXTRACTIVE IMPLANT INSERTION, XENOGRAFT, AND PALATAL CONNECTIVE GRAFT FOR REHABILITATION OF POSTERIOR MANDIBULAR RIDGE

S.M. Tecchio¹, G. Zubile¹, G. El Haddad² and E. El Haddad²

 ¹University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy;
²Private practice, Turin, Italy

Correspondence to:
Elias El Haddad, MD, DDS
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 38
10123 Turin, Italy
e-mail: elias.h@tiscali.it

Received: 23  February  2024 Accepted: 19 March 2024

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ABSTRACT

                 Endodontic disease occurs when the dental pulp becomes infected and inflamed. During the progression, inflammation in the periapical area and periodontal ligament leads to tooth loss. In all cases of tooth loss, alveolar bone volume is lost. Various surgical treatments use bone graft material to recover the ridge bone volume. Graft material can be obtained from the patient’s body (autologous graft), animals (xenograft), human cadavers (allograft), and synthetic materials (alloplastic bone graft). Xenograft material is derived from equine, porcine, or bovine and is deproteinized and further processed. Here, we report a case of a post-extractive implant insertion with a xenograft and palatal connective graft to rehabilitate the posterior alveolar crest of the mandible. Moreover, the literature is discussed.

KEYWORDS: connective, tissue, graft, mandible, lower jaw, implant