Clinical study of alveolar bone mucosa-periosteal bone flap as horizontal bone augmentation

Abstract BackgroundThe present work focused on observing the efficacy of alveolar bone mucosa- periosteal bone flap in alveolar ridge horizontal bone augmentation with dental implant placement.MethodsThis was a retrospective study involving 49 patients with 99 implants, which was conducted to measure the alveolar ridge widths pre- and post-operatively. The alveolar ridge widths were 4.77 ± 1.49 mm preoperatively and 7.68 ± 1.60 mm postoperatively.ResultsThere was a significant difference in alveolar ridge width before and after operation (P < 0.05), to be specific, the alveolar ridge width increased by 2.91 ± 0.11 mm after operation.ConclusionThese results suggest that alveolar bone mucosa-periosteal bone flap technique is an effective method to increase the alveolar ridge width with the simultaneous placement of dental implants, which is worthy to be recommended in clinical practice.