Visor osteotomy and vestibuloplasty--a one-stage procedure. A preliminary report.
The visor osteotomy as described by HARLE gives a considerable increase of the absolute height of the atrophic mandible, between the mental foramina. After 6 weeks a total vestibuloplasty with mucosal grafting (and a lowering of the floor of the mouth) is performed. A method is described in which the visor osteotomy and the vestibuloplasty are performed in one stage.
D001284:Atrophy; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000601:surgery; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D014727:Vestibuloplasty / Q000379:methods*