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. 2020 Mar 31;11(1):e1. doi: 10.5037/jomr.2020.11101

Table 4.

Horizontal alveolar ridge augmentation with allogeneic bone block graft

Study Year of
publication
Study
design
Outcome measures

Patients ARW
(mm)
Site Graft/N GH
(months)
Implant IH
(months)
Prosthetics OP
(months)
IS
(%)
PIMBL
(mm)
Histomorphometric
measurements (%)
GAW (mm)/
VRAA (%)
BTC
Contar et al. [30] 2009 CS 15 NR Maxil FFA: 34 9 (8 - 11) 51 NR NR 24 - 35 100 NR NR NR GE: 1

Nissan et al. [31] 2011 CS 12 ≤ 3 Maxil mandible FDA: 19 6 21 0 - 6 Fixed prosthesis 13 - 60 95.2 No crestal bone loss beyond first thread NR 6 months GE: 4
Fistula: 1

5 (SD 0.5)

Nissan et al. [32] 2011 CS 24 ≤ 3 Mandible FDA: 34 6 85 3 Fixed prosthesis 12 - 66 95.3 NR 6 months 6 months NR


NBF RG CT 5.6 (SD 1)/5



40 (SD 28) 29 (SD 24) 27 (SD 21)

Orsini et al. [33] 2011 CS 10 1.5 - 2.8 Maxil FFA: 10 5 14 5 Single crowns 24 100 NR 6 months 5 months TGL: 1


NBF 58 (SD 25) 4.6 (SD 0.5)

Acocella et al. [34] 2012 CS 16 2 - 4 Maxil FFA: 18 4 - 9 34 4 Fixed prosthesis 18 - 30 100 NR Non-vital bone: 62 (SD 12) 4 - 9 months GE: 1

4.1 (SD 0.8)/
11.5 (0 - 30)

Nissen et al. [35] 2012 CS 40 ≤ 3 Maxil FDA: 60 6 83 3 Fixed prosthesis 14 - 82 98.8 NR 6 months NR DH: 16

NBF RG CT



33 (SD 18) 26 (SD 17) 41 (SD 2)

Novell et al. [36] 2012 CS 15 NR Maxil mandible FDA: 36 4 - 6 53 4 - 6 NR 12 - 60 100 NR NR NR GE: 1
FG: 1

Chiapasco et al. [37] 2015 CS 19 ≤ 3 Maxil mandible FFA: NR 5 - 7 117 5 - 6 NR 20 - 32 90.2 12 months 24 months NR NR DH: 14
PGL: 5
TGL: 2

1.6 (SD 1.6) 1.9 (SD 1.4)

Aslan et al. [38] 2016 CS 11 < 5 Maxil mandible DFDA: 12 5 32 3 Fixed prosthesis 24 100 NR 5 months 5 months None


NBF RG CT 1.7 (SD 0.1)/5.4



40 (SD 25) 40 (SD 21) 19 (SD 15)

Deluiz et al. [39] 2016 CS 8 NR Maxil FFA: NR 4 - 6 268 4 Fixed prosthesis 12 94 NR NR NR DH: 5
PGL: 4
TGL: 3

Silva et al. [40] 2017 CS 20 ≤ 6 Mandible FFA: 50 6 50 6 Single-crown 20 - 42 96 NR 6 months 12 months GE: 6


NBF RG CT 4 (SD 0.7)/41



32 (SD 1) 15 (SD 0) 54 (SD 1)

Chaushu et al. [41] 2019 CS 14 NR Mandible NR: 24 6 26 3 Mostly fixed prosthesis 12 - 54 100 No crestal bone loss beyond first thread 6 months 5 (SD 0.5) GE:6
TGL: 2
PGL: 6

NBF RG CT



42 17 41

ARW = alveolar ridge width; BTC = biological and technical complications; CS = case series; CT = connective tissue; DFDA = demineralized freeze-dried bone allograft; DH = dehiscence; FDA = freeze-dried bone allograft; FFA = fresh-frozen bone allograft; FG = fracture graft; GAW = gain in alveolar ridge width; GE = graft exposure; GH = graft heling; IH = Implant healing; IS = implant survival; N = number; NBF = new bone formation; NR = not reported; OP = observation period after functional implant loading; PGL = partial graft loss; RG = residual graft; TGL = total graft loss; VRAA = volumetric reduction of the augmented area; SD = standard deviation.