CASE REPORT article
Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.
Sec. Biomaterials
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2025.1594325
Buccal shifted flap with palatal "C" shape ridge split to facilitate the palatal bone augmentation without compromising the buccal vestibular depth: Report on three cases
Provisionally accepted
- 1Xiamen Key Laboratory of Oral Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital, College of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
- 2University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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Due to its dense connective tissue structure, the coronal advancement of the palatal flap is not feasible, making the reconstruction of single-site palatal bone defects particularly challenging. This case report describes the effectiveness and efficacy of an innovative technique combining the buccal shifted flap and palatal "C"-shaped ridge split together during bone augmentation procedures in the posterior maxilla.The described approach not only facilitates obtaining reliable bone regeneration without compromising the vestibular depth, but also surprisingly increases the horizontal contour.
Keywords: dental implant, palatal bone defect/deficiency, bone augmentation/reconstruction, Flap management, Ridge split, vestibular depth
Received: 15 Mar 2025; Accepted: 30 Jun 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Ye, chen, liu and Wang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Hom-Lay Wang, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109, Michigan, United States
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