Case Reports in Dentistry (Jan 2014)

The Platform Switching Approach to Optimize Split Crest Technique

  • G. Sammartino,
  • V. Cerone,
  • R. Gasparro,
  • F. Riccitiello,
  • O. Trosino

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/850470
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2014

Abstract

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The split crest technique is a reliable procedure used simultaneously in the implant positioning. In the literature some authors describe a secondary bone resorption as postoperative complication. The authors show how platform switching can be able to avoid secondary resorption as complication of split crest technique.