Mandibular atrophy and metabolic bone loss. Mandibular ridge augmentation by combined sandwich-visor osteotomy and resorption related to metabolic bone state. A 5-year follow-up |
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| Authors: | L L Habets J Bras H P van den Akker A M Borgmeyer-Hoelen C P van Ooij |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Oral Surgery, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. |
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92 patients, 31 with and 61 without signs of metabolic bone loss, were treated with a combined sandwich-visor osteotomy. A 5-year follow-up showed a significantly higher rate of resorption in patients with radiographic signs of metabolic bone loss. The analysis was based upon lateral cephalometry. |
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