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Volume 33 , Issue 3
May/June 2013
Pages 355–363

Magnesium-Substituted Hydroxyapatite Grafting Using the Vertical Inlay Technique

Pietro Felice, MD, DDS, PhD/Giuseppe Lizio, DDS/Claudio Marchetti, MD, DDS/Luigi Checchi, MD, DDS/Antonio Scarano, MD, DDS

PMID: 23593629
DOI: 10.11607/prd.0893

The reconstruction of a severely atrophic left posterior mandible using inlay magnesium-substituted hydroxyapatite grafting is described. Three months after reconstruction, a bone specimen was retrieved, and two dental implants were placed. A mean vertical bone gain of 4.9 mm was measured at the time of implant placement, and no problems were recorded at delivery of the provisional and definitive prostheses 4 and 8 months after implant placement, respectively. Histologic analysis revealed residual grafted material infiltrated by newly formed bone. In this clinical case, Mg-hydroxyapatite was demonstrated to be an effective grafting material for reconstruction of the posterior mandible using the inlay technique. (Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2013;33:355–363. doi: 10.11607/prd.0893.)

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