Biography
Biography: Ahmed Alshabab
Abstract
When a tooth extracted, the alveolar bone around it will tend to resorb. The reduction in alveolar ridge width and height after tooth extraction is evident in the literature. Dental implants can be used to replace teeth after extraction. However, in some situations, the bone resorption reaches to the point where replacement with dental implants become impossible. Ridge deficiency could be in bone height or width or in more advanced cases associated with soft tissue deficiency. Conditions, where alveolar bone/soft tissue is reduced, may result in biological/functional and or esthetic failures. A procedure known as Ridge Preservation may limit such reduction of alveolar bone following teeth extraction. The purpose of the ridge preservation procedure is to keep the width and height of the extraction socket. Many techniques, bone graft, membranes, and biologics have been introduced in this filed. The aim of the paper is to review several techniques and materials used for ridge preservation and suggest a flowchart for decision making in ridge preservation procedure.