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 2

Study variables versus predictor variable (augmentation technique).

GBR ( = 15)RBG ( = 13)
Mean ± SDMean ± SD

Patient number1311
Graft sites1513
Age, years48.73 ± 10.9648.92 ± 9.61
Gender, F/M,
 Male5 (33.3)6 (46.2)
 Female10 (66.7)7 (53.8)
Implant torque, sites
 Up6 (40.0)9 (69.2)
 Down9 (60.0)4 (30.8)
W0, mm3.51 ± 0.703.42 ± 0.60
W1, mm8.93 ± 0.937.96 ± 0.71
W1-W0, mm5.42 ± 0.764.54 ± 0.59

samples -test; ’ continuity correction; .
GBR, guided bone regeneration; RBG, ramus block bone graft; W0, presurgical bone width; W1, bone width after healing; W1-W0, bone gain after healing.