Bone Augmentation in Implant Dentistry
A special issue of Osteology (ISSN 2673-4036).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 November 2025 | Viewed by 533
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biomechanics; implant dentistry; prosthodontics; fixed prosthodontics; removable prostheses; biomaterials for dentistry; 3D printing
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Dear colleagues,
Patient rehabilitation using dental implants is a treatment option that has been continuously growing for several decades. However, clinicians are frequently faced with difficult situations of bone atrophy that hinder implant insertion without bone augmentation procedures.
Bone augmentation comprises a wide variety of bone grafting procedures intended to rebuild bone architecture and ensure adequate bone volume to place implants. Currently, there are numerous biomaterials with different properties that can be applied in combination with different surgical techniques as guided bone regeneration, bone blocks, and ridge expansion, among others.
The three essential elements of bone regeneration materials are osteogenesis, osteoinduction, and osteoconduction, which eventually promote osteointegration of the regenerative material. Autologous bone has been considered the gold-standard material due to the cumulative osteoinductive, osteogenic, and osteoconductive potential. Valid alternatives share one or more of these properties and include natural bone substitutes as allografts or xenografts and synthetic bone substitutes consisting of hydroxyapatite, tricalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate, or a combination of these minerals.
The choice of material and technique is dependent on several factors and no option is exempt from limitations. However, current basic and clinical research has intensified efforts to improve biomaterials and techniques that lower morbidity, enhance implant survival, and, subsequently, improve patient oral health-related quality of life.
We are proposing a Special Issue of Osteology dedicated to bone augmentation in implant dentistry to disseminate the results of new investigations on both biomaterials and techniques with application in the oral cavity. Clinical, animal, biomechanical, and in vitro studies are welcome, as well as systematic reviews on very specific aspects – comparison of biomaterials or techniques for specific bone defects, etc. Description of innovative surgical techniques and regenerative approaches to implants with bone defects due to peri-implantitis will also be considered.
Dr. Ana Messias
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Bone augmentation
- hard tissues
- biomaterials
- autograft
- allograft
- xenograft
- guided bone regeneration
- bone block
- particles
- membrane
- titanium mesh
- dental implants
- peri-implantitis
- surgical technique
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