Anterior ridge preservation and augmentation using a synthetic osseous replacement graft.

A 7-year retrospective study, reporting 3 cases, is presented in which particulate synthetic osseous replacement grafts were placed for ridge preservation and augmentation in the maxillary anterior region after extraction of periodontally hopeless teeth. The ability of an osseous replacement graft to prevent and correct the postextraction atrophy of the alveolar ridge, as well as its esthetic implications in fixed prosthetics, is discussed.