Surgical Combined Approach for Alveolar Ridge Augmentation with Titanium Mesh and rhPDGF-BB: A 3-Year Clinical Case Series

RETRACTED: Titanium and titanium alloys in dentistry: Current trends, recent developments, and future prospects

“…Maintaining space under the soft tissue for the extra volume of the placed graft is crucial when bone grafting is essential to enlarge the size of the bone. Figure 17 (b) shows that Ti mesh is frequently employed to keep the distance between a particulate xenograft and a deficient maxilla ( De Angelis et al., 2015 ).

Figure 17 (a) Repair of mandibular fracture.

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Using Virtual Ridge Augmentation and 3-Dimensional Printing to Fabricate a Titanium Mesh Positioning Device: A Novel Technique Letter

“…[4][5][6][7] The most reported complication of TiMe use is exposure of the membrane during the healing period. [2][3][4][5][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] One of the causes of this exposure is irritation of the soft tissue, which can be caused by sharp contours of the TiMe. 31 These sharp contours are caused by the required cutting and bending needed to create a well-adapted TiMe.…”

“…16,19 Several advantages of TiMe have been reported in the literature, such as material-related rigidity and biocompatibility, which provide the best dimensional containment (height and width) of the bone graft material. 4,20 Systematic reviews, [2][3][4][5] clinical studies, [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]18,21 and clinical case reports 7,19,[22][23][24][25] have reported several complications with TiMe. TiMe exposure was reported to be the most common complication.…”

“…TiMe exposure was reported to be the most common complication. [2][3][4][5][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] TiMe exposure has been reported with different rates in the literature ranging from 5% up to 50%. 4,[8][9][10]13,21,[26][27][28][29][30] The mean exposure rate was found to be 20.7%.…”

Managing Titanium Mesh Exposure With Partial Removal of the Exposed Site: A Case Series Study

“…The rationale of using a TiMe as a barrier during alveolar ridge augmentation is its rigidity and biocompatibility that provide dimensional stability and isolation to the graft particles. 5,21 Systematic reviews, [3][4][5][6] clinical studies, [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]19,22 and clinical case reports/series 8,20,[23][24][25][26] have reported that exposure of the TiMe is the most commonly occurring complication. There is a wide range of frequency of exposure that has been reported in the literature, ranging from 5% 14 up to 50% 27 (Table 1).…”