Management of Deficient Ridge during Implant Placement- A Case Report with 8 years follow up

Deficient alveolar ridges are a common hurdle faced by the dental practioners during implant placement. In such compromised situations, there is a need to manage the residual ridge with a simple technique with a long term success and survival rate of the implant. Ridge-split is one such technique which can be used in deficient bucco-lingual width provided the height available for implant placement is sufficient and there is a presence of cancellous bone in between the two cortical plates. In this case report, we present a case of deficient bone width in the 36 region successfully managed with a ridge-split technique and having a long term success rate of 8 years. The 8 years follow up report shows excellent soft tissue contour around the prosthesis and the radiograph depicts only 1mm crestal bone loss around the implant which is well within the physiological bone loss parameters around the dental implants.