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Volume 13 , Issue 2
March/April 1993
Pages 173-179

Guided tissue regeneration without a stage 2 surgical procedure

Callan

PMID: 8360007
DOI: 10.11607/prd.00.0043

In the two cases described, the problems of insufficient bone and insufficient soft tissue in the edentulous ridge were addressed concurrently. Freeze-dried demineralized bone was used to fill the osseous defect. Freeze-dried fascia lata was used to prevent epithelial migration into the defect, act as a barrier, and eliminate a second surgery for membrane removal. This regeneration procedure can provide increased alveolar bone for better implant placement and esthetics.

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