The aim of our study was to compare the clinical, radiological, circulatory, and histological studies of a novel, split-thickness and conventional full-thickness mucoperiosteal flap technique during horizontal alveolar ridge augmentation surgeries. Flap formation was performed in the test group using the novel split-thickness surgical technique, and in the control group using the full-thickness mucoperostatial surgical technique. The novel split-thickness flap technique to be studied results in a predictable, closed healing based on our preliminary results, thus ensuring the conditions for successful augmentation. We primarily want to investigate what hard and soft tissue changes result from ridge augmentation with a novel split-thickness flap technique after 6 months, compared to a surgical technique based on full thick flap formation accepted as a standard procedure in the literature. Our secondary examination methods: examination of early wound healing and micro-circulation after augmentation interventions by LSCI method; histological evaluation at prosthetically designed implant positions.
The aim of the present prospective randomized controlled study is to compare the clinical, radiological, micro-circulation, and histology of a novel, semi-thick, and conventional full-thickness mucoperiosteal flap technique during horizontal alveolar ridge augmentation.