Ridge Splitting Using Autogenous Bone Wedge Versus the Conventional Intercortical Augmentation Technique in Horizontally Deficient Anterior Maxilla

Inclusion criteria

• ✓. All patients possessed partially edentulous anterior maxillary ridge with the following criteria
• ✓. The anterior maxillary vertical dimension was more than ten mm measured from the alveolar crest to the basal bone of the maxilla.
• ✓. The horizontal alveolar dimension varies from 3-5 mm at the crest and 6-8 mm at the basal part of the ridge measured from the labial cortex to the lingual cortex.
• ✓. All patients were free from any medical conditions that may affect bone healing .
• ✓. No local pathosis that may interfere with bone healing.
• ✓. No previous grafting procedures at the indicated edentulous ridge.