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Postoperative complications following alveolar ridge augmentation with simultaneous implant placement are primarily associated with defect morphology and surgical technique rather than systemic comorbidities, and the need for additional grafting is uncommon. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To quantify the incidence of postoperative sequelae, complications, and need for additional grafting following alveolar ridge augmentation with simultaneous implant placement, and to develop predictive risk models.

September 14, 2026Journal Of Clinical PeriodontologyOpen Access

Postoperative Sequelae and Complications of Alveolar Ridge Augmentation With Simultaneous Implant Placement. A Retrospective Cohort‐Based Predictive Risk Modelling

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MSMuhammad H. A. Saleh HAHend Abulatifa FFFrancesco Fanelli

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Retrospective cohort study reveals complication rates and predictors in alveolar ridge augmentation with simultaneous implants, indicating surgical technique and defect morphology drive risk.

Key Points

To quantify the incidence of postoperative sequelae, complications, and need for additional grafting following alveolar ridge augmentation with simultaneous implant placement, and to develop predictive risk models.
Conducted a single-center retrospective cohort study of adult patients (N=391, one site per patient) with ridge deficiencies undergoing simultaneous augmentation and implant placement between 2019 and 2024.
Categorized complications by severity and intervention needs, utilizing multivariable stepwise logistic regression and Firth penalized logistic regression to model risks, with model accuracy evaluated via ROC-AUC and Hosmer–Lemeshow calibration.
Postoperative sequelae occurred in 31.5% and complications in 25.8% of patients; vertical/combined defects increased membrane exposure risk (aOR 2.52; 95% CI: 1.50–4.23), while microsurgical technique reduced incision-line dehiscence (aOR 0.76; 95% CI: 0.57–1.00; p = 0.049).
Additional grafting was required in 6.14% of patients and was independently predicted by adjacent clinical attachment loss ≥5 mm (OR 14.07; 95% CI: 3.79–52.18; p < 0.001), current smoking (OR 5.11; 95% CI: 1.38–18.95; p = 0.015), and systemic corticosteroid therapy (OR 1.61; 95% CI: 1.04–2.51; p = 0.035; AUC 0.744).

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Saleh et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa7dfc60926e14a848b3e6a https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpe.70196

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September 14, 2026Journal Of Clinical PeriodontologyOpen Access

Postoperative Sequelae and Complications of Alveolar Ridge Augmentation With Simultaneous Implant Placement. A Retrospective Cohort‐Based Predictive Risk Modelling

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Authors

MSMuhammad H. A. Saleh HAHend Abulatifa FFFrancesco Fanelli

Discussion

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Overview

Retrospective cohort study reveals complication rates and predictors in alveolar ridge augmentation with simultaneous implants, indicating surgical technique and defect morphology drive risk.

Key Points

To quantify the incidence of postoperative sequelae, complications, and need for additional grafting following alveolar ridge augmentation with simultaneous implant placement, and to develop predictive risk models.
Conducted a single-center retrospective cohort study of adult patients (N=391, one site per patient) with ridge deficiencies undergoing simultaneous augmentation and implant placement between 2019 and 2024.
Categorized complications by severity and intervention needs, utilizing multivariable stepwise logistic regression and Firth penalized logistic regression to model risks, with model accuracy evaluated via ROC-AUC and Hosmer–Lemeshow calibration.
Postoperative sequelae occurred in 31.5% and complications in 25.8% of patients; vertical/combined defects increased membrane exposure risk (aOR 2.52; 95% CI: 1.50–4.23), while microsurgical technique reduced incision-line dehiscence (aOR 0.76; 95% CI: 0.57–1.00; p = 0.049).
Additional grafting was required in 6.14% of patients and was independently predicted by adjacent clinical attachment loss ≥5 mm (OR 14.07; 95% CI: 3.79–52.18; p < 0.001), current smoking (OR 5.11; 95% CI: 1.38–18.95; p = 0.015), and systemic corticosteroid therapy (OR 1.61; 95% CI: 1.04–2.51; p = 0.035; AUC 0.744).

Cite This Study

Saleh et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa7dfc60926e14a848b3e6a https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpe.70196

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