Augmentation/Transplantation in Periodontally Compromised Dentition

A non-smoking 51-year-old patient who had received various periodontal treatments at a different institution presented to us with pronounced and aggressive periodontitis [1] and unilateral free-end edentulism in the region of the left posterior maxilla. The following technical article describes how, by use of extensive periodontal measures, the periodontal and implant rehabilitation of the patient's compromised oral condition was eventually achieved by means of an allogeneic bone-block graft.