Clinical Study

Comparison of Bone Resorption Rates after Intraoral Block Bone and Guided Bone Regeneration Augmentation for the Reconstruction of Horizontally Deficient Maxillary Alveolar Ridges

Table 1

Descriptive summary of the study sample.

Study variableDescriptive statistics

Sample size
 Patients, 24
 Sites, 28
Demographic variables
Gender
 M/F, (%)11 (39.3)/17 (60.7)
Age (years), mean ± sd (min–max)48.82 ± 10.17 (28–67)
Health status variables
ASA classification
 I24 (100%)
Groups: numbers and sites, (%)
 GBR horizontal15 (53.6)
 RBG horizontal13 (46.4)
Implant torque, (%)
 Up15 (53.6)
 Down13 (46.4)
Edentulism, (%)
 Total8 (28.5)
 Partial20 (71.5)
Prosthesis design, (%)
 Fixed20 (71.4)
 Removable8 (28.6)

ASA, American Society of Anesthesiology; GBR, guided bone regeneration; RBG, ramus block bone graft.