Augmentation of the anterior maxilla with intraoral onlay grafts for implant placement

The use of autogenous cortical cancellous block grafts to augment the premaxilla is a safe and effective technique to provide adequate bone height and width when reconstructing patients with atrophic premaxilla ridge when endosteal implants are planned. Intraoral bone graft harvests have the advantages of proximity of the donor site to the graft site, convenient surgical access, minimal operative time, and ease of performance in an office setting. The major limitation of these donor sites is the smaller quantity of graft obtainable compared with iliac crest bone harvest sites.