title: Reconstruction of the edentulous mandible with a lower border graft and subperiosteal implant.
abstract: A technique is described that is designed to augment the severely atrophied edentulous mandible by the use of a bone or bone-hydroxylapatite filled mesh tray attached to the inferior border. This method permits the intraoral environment to remain unchanged, causing neither a decrease of intermaxillary distance nor placement of graft material on the ridge crest, which would offer a less stable and predictable base for acceptance of a subperiosteal implant. Lower facial length becomes augmented, inferior labial posture is improved, redundant cervical tissue is eliminated, and masticatory function is enhanced.
authors.affiliation: Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Department of Dental and Oral Surgery, Brooklyn, NY 11212.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Cranin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sher
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shpuntoff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D001284:Atrophy; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D003757:Dental Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D017886:Durapatite; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013516:Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic / Q000379:methods*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013526:Surgical Mesh
chemical_list: D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D017886:Durapatite