Reconstructive dental surgeons are constantly looking for an “edge” that jumps start the healing process to maximize predictability as well as the volume of regenerated bone. Significant resorption of the alveolar ridge occurs after tooth extraction. According to the Osteology Consensus Group 2011, ridge preservation is a general term for interventions that aim to “preserve the ridge volume within the envelop existing at the time of extraction”. Platelet rich plasma concentrates are blood-derived products used for prevention and treatment of haemorrhages due to serious thrombopenia of central origin, such as medullary aplasia, acute leukaemia, etc. The clinical experience confirms it that it can be very much used as a healing biomaterial. It features all the parameters permitting optimal healing. These consist of a fibrin matrix polymerized in a tetra molecular structure, that includes the addition of  platelets, leucocytes, and cytokines, and the presence of circulating stem cells which help the PRF to achieve excellent results provided all the necessary instruction from its making to its placement are followed. This papar illusterates a case of socket augmentation with platelet rich fibrin and freeze dried bone granules and rehabitation with prosthesis.

Key words: Platelet rich fibrin, platelet rich plasma, bone grafting, fibrin, Implants.

Corresponding author: Dr. Surinder Kumar Sharma, Medical officer (Dental wing), Government Medical College Amritsar, Punjab, India, E mail: ronkisharma@yahoo.com 

This article may be cited as: Sharma SK.  Socket augmentation with platelet rich fibrin and freeze dried bone granules and rehabilitation with prosthesis - A case report. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2016;2(1):52-56.