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Volume 29 , Issue 6
November/December 2009
Pages 643-647

The Use of Freeze-Dried Bone Allograft as an Alternative to Autogenous Bone Graft in the Atrophic Maxilla: A 3-Year Clinical Follow-up

Marco Aurélio Bianchini, DDS, MSc, PhD/André R. Buttendorf, DDS, MSc/César A. M. Benfatti, DDS, MSc, PhD/Leonardo Vieira Bez, DDS, MSc, PhD/Cimara Fortes Ferreira, DDS, MSc, PhD/Rafael Fonseca de Andrade, DDS

PMID: 20072742
DOI: 10.11607/prd.00.0886

Freeze-dried bone allograft is an interesting treatment alternative to autogenous bone grafts. This clinical report presents a 3-year follow-up of an atrophic maxilla treated with freeze-dried bone allograft. Ridge augmentation was conducted with freeze-dried tibial allografts. Eight implants were used to support a full-arch prosthesis. Three years later, clinical and radiographic follow-up showed bone surrounding the dental implants. Histologic sections showed the presence of biologically active bone. This clinical case supports the use of freeze-dried allograft as an alternative for the reconstruction of the atrophic maxilla. (Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2009;29:643–647.)

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