Case Report Alveolar Ridge Augmentation using ...（病例报告牙槽嵴增加使用）.pdf

Case Report Alveolar Ridge Augmentation using Subepithelial Connective Tissue Grafts: A Case report Po-Yu Lai, DDS, MS Abstract School of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming Alveolar ridg e deformity occurs frequently aer teeth loss, University leading to esthetic and functional comp romises esp ecially in the anterior max illa. This case rep ort demonstrates a two-step surgical ridg e augmentation p rocedure using so Shing-Wai Yip, DDS, MS, DScD tissue g rafts. A 42-y ear-old woman with Seibert Class III Prosthodontics Department, Taipei ridg e deformity in the esthetic zone received plastic surg ery Veterans General Hospital using a subep ithelial connective tissue gra harvested from th e p alate. Th e edentul ous ridg e h eal ed w ith adequate bu ccoling ual and ap icocoronal contours. Fix ed p artial dentures were reconstructed w ith ovate p ontic desig n to Corresponding author: imp rove both functional and esthetic outcomes. us, the use of sub ep ithelial connective tissue g rafts is help ful in Shing-Wai Yip, DDS, MS, DScD treating Seibert Class III ridg e deformities. Director, Prosthodontics Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital Keywords: alveolar ridge augmentation, connective tissue gra, No.20 1, Sec. 2, Shipai Rd., Beitou xed partial denture, ovate pontic. District, Taipei, Taiwan Tel: 886-2-2875-7572; E-mail: Introduction swyip@vghtpe.gov.tw dentul ous areas wh ere fix ed prosth eses are attach ed