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Alveolar Ridge Augmentation

Medical Definition:	Preprosthetic surgery involving rib, cartilage, or iliac crest bone grafts, usually autologous, or synthetic implants for rebuilding the alveolar ridge.
Guide Notes:	do not use /util except by MeSH definition
Also Called:	Mandibular Ridge Augmentation,Maxillary Ridge Augmentation
Previously Indexed:	Alveoloplasty (1966-1979),Mandible/surgery (1966-1979),Mandibular Diseases/surgery (1966-1979)

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