El Aumento Vertical y Horizontal de la Cresta

This surgical manual by Istvan Urban deals with alveolar ridge augmentation for cases where there is not enough bone to place the implant where the prosthesis demands. It sets out the principles of augmentation in the posterior mandible, the sausage technique, work on the anterior maxilla with its classification of vertical defects, and lateralization of the nasopalatine nerve with a palatal flap. The text continues with papilla reconstruction, posterior mucogingival surgery, maintenance of crestal bone, the resorbed edentulous maxilla and the complications of the procedure.