Horizontal Ridge Augmentation With Demineralized Bone Allograft Layered With Xenograft - a Prospective Clinical Study

For the guided bone augmentation procedure, a crestal incision with one or two vertical incision will be made and a full thickness mucoperiosteal flap will be elevated. Decortication will be performed and the patient will receive grafting with DFDBA with a buccal overlay of xenograft. A bi-layered native collagen membrane will be used and fixed with tacks or sutures. Periosteal incisions will be made to get tension free primary closure. The flap will be closed with sutures. Patients will be prescribed antibiotics, analgesics and mouth rinses as appropriate.