Treatment of the atrophic upper and lower jaws using dental implants: rehabilitation of two complex cases

Abstract

Basically the subgingival suture is similar to that of subcutaneous skin suture technique. An absorbable suture was used to make buried stitches in a region of the sub-epithelial connective tissue and simple interrupted or vertical matrix suture was carried out to complete the flap closure. The patients who underwent GBR surgery from June 2007 to June 2015 were reviewed by clinical record. Findings and Conclusion: In total, 403 GBR sites were evaluated. Compared to the previous published literatures, the failure rate of the primary closure for the technique is remarkably lower. Only five out of 30 cases have experienced the failure of the surgery that required additional GBR. Furthermore, the suture technique is not technically difficult. Thus the double layered suture or subgingival suture is can be worthwhile aid for successful GBR.