title: Vestibulo-lingual sulcoplasty with skin graft in the mandible.
abstract: A surgical technique for vestibulo-lingual sulcoplasty in the mandible is described. The lingual bone surface is entirely covered by a mucoperiosteal flap, when the muscles have been cut and the lingual sulcus deepened. A split-thickness skin graft taken from the inner surface of the upper arm is placed vestibularly in the region 38--48. An essential increase of the denture-wearing area is obtained and the dislocating effect of the muscles on the denture is eliminated.
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D011300:Preoperative Care; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014727:Vestibuloplasty / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*