Patient and population (P) Healthy patients in need of implant treatment undergoing harvesting of intraoral autogenous bone graft.
Intervention (I) Autogenous bone graft from the ascending mandibular ramus.
Comparator or control group (C) Autogenous bone graft from the chin region.
Outcomes (O) Pain, infection, mucosal dehiscence, altered sensation or vitality of adjacent tooth/teeth, neurosensory disturbances of the inferior alveolar nerve or vestibular area, and patient-reported outcome measures.
Study design (S) Randomized controlled trials and controlled trials.
Focused question Are there any differences in complications and donor site morbidity following harvesting of autogenous bone graft from the ascending mandibular ramus compared with the chin region?