Journal of Research and Advancement in Dentistry
Official publication of Magadh University and Kolhan University, Government of Bihar and Jharkhand, India
Official publication of Magadh University and Kolhan University, Government of Bihar and Jharkhand, India
Year : 2019
Volume : Volume 10
Issue : Issue 1s
Address for correspondence :
Dr. Nidhi Mehrotra.
mehrotranidhi0099@gmail.com
Background: Localized alveolar defects impair prosthetic rehabilitation of damaged area causing esthetic, phonetic and mucogingival problems. Newer techniques have been proposed to treat these defects by hard and soft tissue augmentation procedures. The periodontal plastic procedures can effectively improve the ridge contour and thereby the esthetics and pontic ridge relationship. The autogenous soft tissue onlay graft technique is primarily designed to gain the ridge height. A case report has been presented here for a patient with alveolar ridge defect in the mandibular anterior region corrected with soft tissue ridge augmentation using onlay graft technique.
Keywords: Esthetics; onlay grafts; reconstruction; ridge augmentation.
