Bone Grafting Techniques for Maxillary Implants

Karl-Erik Kahnberg is Head of Department and Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at Gothenburg University, Sweden. He is also clinical director of the maxillofacial unit at the Public Dental Health University Clinics in Gothenburg. In terms of continuing education, Professor Kahnberg's courses on bone grafting for dental implants have attracted a wide international audience.

• List of Figures. Biography.Introduction.1 Biological Principles of Bones.1.1 History.1.2 Indications and terminology.1.3 Bone sources.1.4 Healing principles and success factors.1.5 Future possibilities.2 Implant Integration in Normal Bone and Bone Grafts.2.1 Introduction.2.2 Measurements of implant stability.2.3 Implant integration in autogenous bone grafts.3 Grafting Procedures.3.1 Bone graft from the iliac crest.3.2 Bone graft from the tibia.3.3 Chin grafts.3.4 Mandibular angle graft.3.5 Graft from the maxillary tuberosity.3.6 Bone collecting devices.4 Onlay Bone Grafting.4.1 Minor bone graft with particulated bone.4.2 Minor bone graft in block form.4.3 Major onlay bone grafts in block form.4.4 To be mentioned.5 Inlay Bone Grafting.5.1 Nasal inlay grafting.5.2 Maxillary sinus grafting (sinus lifting).5.3 Impaction of alveolar bone into the maxillary sinus.5.4 Maxillary osteotomy with interpositional bone graft.6 Segmental Osteotomy for Bone Augmentation Procedures.6.1 Indication.6.2 Surgical technique.7 Distraction Osteogenesis for Augmentation of the Alveolar Process.7.1 Indication.7.2 Surgical technique.8 Complications.8.1 Grafting sites.8.2 Onlay grafting.8.3 Inlay grafts.9 Bone Substitutes in Maxillary Reconstruction Procedures.9.1 Bone substitutes.10 Summary and Conclusion.References.Further Reading.Index.