In ICOI’s official glossary, Site preservation is cross-referenced to Ridge preservation.
Ridge preservation: Syn: Extraction socket graft, Socket graft, Socket preservation.
The immediate placement of a grafting material, or any other procedure (e.g., GBR), performed on an extraction socket following tooth extraction.
The concept underlying this treatment modality is the conservation of the bone and soft tissues contour by avoiding bone resorption with a resultant ridge defect.
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