The aim of the current study is to compare lateral bone augmentation using the current gold standard (FDBA plus resorbable collagen membrane) versus Ossix Volumax as a stand-alone material.

Brief Title

Lateral Ridge Augmentation Using a Volume Maintaining Collagen Scaffold Versus Allograft With Collagen Membrane.

Official Title

Lateral Ridge Augmentation Using a Volume Maintaining Collagen Scaffold (Ossix Volumax) Versus Freeze-dried Bone Allograft (FDBA) With Collagen Membrane

Brief Summary

The aim of the current study is to compare lateral bone augmentation using the current gold<br /> standard (FDBA plus resorbable collagen membrane) versus Ossix Volumax as a stand-alone<br /> material.

Detailed Description

One of the major problems in implant therapy is the need to regenerate bone after its
resorption because of periodontal disease, traumatic extraction or surgical removal
associated with treatment of invasive lesions.

Ossix Volumax is a novel volume maintaining collagen scaffold designed for bone augmentation
in the atrophic ridge. It is 1-2 mm in thickness and undergoes mineralization progressing
into ossification.

Thirty subjects requiring lateral bone augmentation of the maxilla or the mandible will be
recruited study: Of these, twenty will be recruited and treated at the School of Dental
Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, USA and ten (10) at the School of Graduate Dentistry,
Rambam health care campus, Haifa, Israel.

Hypothesis:

The use of Ossix Volumax as a stand-alone augmentation material will results similar increase
in the ridge width and volume compared to FDBA and barrier membrane when coupled together.

Outcome Measures

Outcome measures are the tests that investigators perform to prove whether or not a treatment being tested in a clinical trial is having any effect.