VERTICAL 2. THE NEXT LEVEL

DESCRIPCTION

In the authors bestselling first book,Vertical and Horizontal Ridge Augmentation: New Perspectives, published byQuintessence in 2017 and translated into 12 languages, the guided boneregeneration (GBR) technique was described in detail.

This new publication, Vertical 2:

The Next Level of Hard and Soft TissueAugmentation, is a continuation of that book but at a more advanced level.

Now, the author delves into the detailswhere the devil lives, and shares information that has never been revealedbefore on the topic of vertical ridge augmentation.

It is important to read this book armedwith the knowledge from the first book as you will need it on this secondjourney with him.

A major part of this book comprisesfull-color, step-by-step images of patient cases.

At times, reading it is like watching asurgical video, where the author stops the video to discuss with you, thereader, what he is thinking and doing at that step, what his next step will be,and the reason for it.

Included again are the well-appreciatedLessons learned sections, where the learning objectives are emphasized andfurther notes given, including ways to further improve the techniques.

The section on the mandible is moredetailed in this book, with the focus on larger defects and the differentsurgical steps in native, fibrotic, and scarred tissue types around the mentalnerve during flap advancement.

In addition, light is shed on the detail intreating the anterior maxilla, which has not been published previously.

It includes treatment options such as thefast track, the safe track, and the technical track of soft tissuereconstruction in conjunction with bone grafting as well as papillareconstructions after bone regeneration.

The section on the posterior maxilla hopesto resolve issues such as the management and complications of combined ridgeand sinus grafting, including difficulties such as the lack of buccal, crestalor nasal bony walls of the posterior maxilla before bone grafting.

In this must-have new publication, theprocedures are kept simple, repeatable, and biologically sound.

The techniques presented are notovercomplicated; they are simple treatment strategies with lower complicationrates and more predictability in the final outcome.

INDEX

The extreme vertical defect of theposterior mandible

The biology of vertically and horizontally augmented bone

Scientific evidence of vertical bone augmentation utilizinga titanium-reinforced polytetrafluoroethylene mesh 

Reconstruction of the extreme posterior mandibular defect:surgical principles and anatomical considerations

Reconstruction of an advanced posterior mandibular defectwith scarred tissue

Reconstruction of an advanced posterior mandibular defectwith narrow basal bone

Reconstruction of an advanced posterior mandibular defectwith incomplete periodontal bone levels: the pawn sacrifice

Reconstruction of an advanced posterior mandibular defectwith the Lasagna technique using low-dose bone morphogenetic protein-2

Anterior mandibular vertical augmentation

Reconstruction of the advanced anterior mandibular defect:surgical principles and anatomical considerations

Reconstruction of the advanced anterior mandibular defect:considerations for soft tissue reconstruction and preservation of theregenerated bone

Reconstruction of the advanced anterior mandibular defect:importance of horizontal bone gain

Posterior maxilla

Long-term results of implants placed in augmented sinuseswith minimal and moderate remaining alveolar bone

Difficulties and complications relating to sinus grafting:hemorrhage and sinus septa

Difficulties in sinus augmentation and posterior maxillaryreconstructions: missing labial sinus wall and ridge deficiencies

Sinus graft infection and postoperative sinusitis

The reconstruction of an extreme vertical defect in theposterior maxilla

Anterior maxillary vertical augmentation

Introduction and clinical treatmentguidelines

Complex reconstruction of an anterior maxillary verticaldefect

Extreme defect

Anterior maxillary extreme defectaugmentation

Soft tissue reconstruction in conjunctionwith bone grafting

Reconstruction of a natural soft tissue architecture afterbone regeneration

The labial strip gingival graft

The double strip graft

Large open-healing connective tissue graft

Reconstruction of the interimplant papilla

The double connective tissue graft

The Ice-cube connective tissue graft

The Iceberg connective tissue graft

Interproximal bone and soft tissueregeneration

Vertical periodontal regeneration in combination with ridgeaugmentation

Ultimate esthetics

Ultimate esthetics: reconstruction of the bone and softtissue in conjunction with preserving the mucogingival junction

Complications

Complications