Ridge Augmentation Tip: Placing the OsteoGen Strip

Particulate grafts migrate. In a horizontal ridge defect, that migration is the difference between the volume you placed and the volume you keep. The OsteoGen Strip solves it by infusing bioactive resorbable calcium apatite into a flexible collagen matrix that holds the graft where you put it.

Clinical tip: hydrate the strip in sterile saline or the patient's blood until it is conformable but not disintegrating, then trim it to the defect with sharp scissors. Adapt it over the ridge so it contacts native bone on all borders, and secure the flap for primary, tension-free closure. Because the collagen carrier resists migration, you can contour the graft precisely to the ridge form you want to rebuild.

The strip resorbs and is replaced by natural bone on the same physiologic timeline as the rest of the OsteoGen family - predictable augmentation without the mess of loose particulate.