The Tent Pole Splint: A Bone-Supported Stereolithographic Surgical Splint for the Soft Tissue Matrix Expansion Graft Procedure
published online 15 March 2010.
This report details the use of computer-aided planning and intraoperative stereolithographic direct-bone-contact surgical splints for the accurate extraoral placement of dental implants in the soft tissue matrix expansion (tent pole) graft of the severely resorbed mandible.
⁎Associate Program Director and Director of Research, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
†Resident, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
‡Program Director, Division of Dental Medicine, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
§Resident, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
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