Implant surgery in the narrow alveolar ridge is still one of the challenging scenarios implant surgeons face today. Various techniques have been utilized to treat narrow alveolar ridges. One of the techniques is ridge expansion, which has several advantages over other traditional bone grafting techniques.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this presentation, participants should be able to:
Learn the basics and fundamentals of ridge expansion technique to achieve predictable clinical implant surgery outcomes in the narrow ridge.
Learn the advantages of ridge expansion compared to GBR or other bone grafting techniques.
Learn indications and contra-indications of ridge expansion.
Get an overview of ridge expansion surgical technique.