Healing of large mandibular defect after treatment of osteomyelitis resulting from vestibuloplasty.
A case of mandibular osteomyelitis, which developed after vestibuloplasty, has been described. Sequestrotomy resulted in a large defect that healed spontaneously within 12 months without a bone graft or immobilization of the fragments.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014727:Vestibuloplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*