Orthognathic and osteoperiosteal flap augmentation strategies for maxillary dental implant reconstruction

Ole T Jensen; Jason L Ringeman; Jared R Cottam; Nardy Casap

doi:10.1016/j.cden.2011.07.011

Orthognathic and osteoperiosteal flap augmentation strategies for maxillary dental implant reconstruction

Dent Clin North Am. 2011 Oct;55(4):813-46. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2011.07.011.

Authors

Ole T Jensen¹, Jason L Ringeman, Jared R Cottam, Nardy Casap

Affiliation

¹ Implant Dentistry Associates of Colorado, 8200 East Belleview Avenue, Suite 520E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 21933734
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2011.07.011

Abstract

In this article, five variations in orthognathic surgery procedures used to gain bone mass for implants are discussed: Le Fort I downgrafting, Le Fort I distraction, sub-Le Fort I interpositional sandwich grafting, segmental sandwich grafting, and the island osteoperiosteal flap approach.