Factors Influencing Bone Block Allograft Resorption

Inclusion Criteria:

• Twenty eight totally and partially edentulous patients referred for dental implant therapy from January 2011 to September 2015 were enrolled in the study. All patients had insufficient bucco-lingual (BL) alveolar bone width (<4 mm) that prevented placement of regular size implants

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with severe systemic disease (American Society of Anesthesiology III or IV) were excluded from the study. In addition, patients who were pregnant, or patients with diseases affecting bone, such as Paget's disease, osteomalacia, diabetes, vitamin D deficiency, alcoholism, hyperthyroidism cancer or osteoporosis as well as those on medications that might affect bone metabolism, such as bisphosphonates, corticosteroids or antiepileptic medicaments were also excluded from the study.