Author_Prof Sergio Alexandre Gehrke, Bruno Konig Jr., Brazil, & Giovanni Wiel Marin, Italy

Introduction Tooth extraction changes the height and thickness of the alveolar bone significantly, especially when tooth loss is the result of dental trauma, periodontal involvement, or when the vestibular wall is lost during extraction.1 Bone deficiencies may hamper or prevent the use of dental implants owing to insufficient bone volume for holding implants of an appropriate size2, 3 or in aesthetic areas, hampering an adequate treatment of the case.4 To correct this situation, various surgical procedures have been proposed. Bone grafts,5membranes for guided bone regeneration6 and a combination of both of these techniques7 have been used to increase bone volume.

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