Bone Ring Technique
A simultaneous bone grafting and implant placement procedure in which a cylindrical autogenous bone ring harvested from the chin or ramus is used to augment an atrophic site.
Full Definition
The bone ring technique involves harvesting a cylindrical cortical-cancellous bone core — typically from the mandibular symphysis or ramus — using a trephine bur. The ring is placed around a simultaneously inserted implant to augment a deficient alveolar site vertically or horizontally. Because the technique combines augmentation and implant placement in a single surgical stage, it is classified as a simultaneous approach and is contrasted with staged bone augmentation. Editors should hyphenate 'bone ring technique' only when it functions as a compound modifier (e.g., 'bone-ring-technique sites') and should capitalise only when citing it as the named procedure in a title or heading.
Usage
Usage note: Standardise to 'bone ring technique' (no hyphen as noun). Only hyphenate as a compound pre-noun modifier.
In Context
- "The bone ring technique allowed simultaneous vertical augmentation and implant placement, reducing overall treatment time by an estimated four months." — Surgical technique article
- "Editors should note that 'bone ring technique' and 'ring technique' are used interchangeably in this manuscript and should be standardised to the former throughout." — Copy-editing instruction