“…Various surgical reports of ridge augmentation in the mandible by Davis et al, 8 Sander and Cox 9 Ewers and Haerle, 12 Tideman et al, 15 Schettler, 18 had shown its superiority in achieving an augmented ridge and denture stability. The complexity of the surgical methods as had been presented by some authors, therefore applying another simple modification of surgical technique in improving the vertical height of the anterior part of atrophic mandible was thought to be useful.…”