Many factors have been suggested as having an influence on post-extraction ridge atrophy.
Factors influencing post-extraction ridge atrophy
author: Nikos Mardas | publisher: drg. Andreas Tjandra, Sp. Perio, FISID
Many factors have been suggested as having an influence on post-extraction ridge atrophy. Among these, the most significant are:
- pre-existing pathological processes that have damaged the bone prior to extraction;
- excessive pressure from a removable prosthesis;
- the presence of a thin bone phenotype;
- the number of missing teeth, that is, the more teeth that are missing, the greater the atrophy.
Serial posts:
- Ridge alterations following tooth extraction
- Reduction in alveolar ridge characterizes alveolar atrophy
- Factors influence tissue atrophy
- Decrease in ridge height
- Decrease in ridge width
- Dimensional change in alveolar bone
- Mean width reduction
- Mean height reduction
- Radiographic height reduction
- Ridge alterations: 1 week
- Ridge alterations: 2 week
- Ridge alterations: 4 week
- Ridge alterations: 8 week
- Buccal wall
- Factors influencing post-extraction ridge atrophy