{"id":18198,"date":"2020-12-01T09:51:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T08:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accademiadentofacciale.it\/adf\/?p=18198"},"modified":"2025-08-05T16:14:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:14:38","slug":"the-wafer-technique-histomorphometric-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.accademiadentofacciale.it\/adf\/the-wafer-technique-histomorphometric-results\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wafer Technique: Histomorphometric Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h1>The Wafer Technique: Histomorphometric Results.<\/h1>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Mauro Merli, Giorgia Mariotti, Annalisa Mazzoni, Marco Moscatelli, Umberto Pagliaro, Michele Nieri<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>This study presents the histomorphometric results of the Wafer Technique, which is based on guided bone regeneration and onlay grafts for 3D bone augmentation. This two-stage technique utilizes autogenous cortical bone plates and collagen membranes, forming a barrier containing a mixture of deproteinized bovine bone matrix, autologous blood, and bone grafted from intraoral sites. Twelve patients were treated. At 6 months postsurgery, histologic analysis of the regenerated areas revealed the presence of compact newly formed bone with no sign of inflam- mation. The percentages of new bone and native bone (mineralized tissue) were 16.4% (95% CI: 9.5% to 23.2%) and 42.6% (95% CI: 28.2% to 57.0%), respectively. Twenty-five implants were placed. The procedure has been proven to be safe and reliable, and only one transient complication was observed.<\/p>\n<p>Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2020;40:815\u2013823.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wafer Technique: Histomorphometric Results. 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