Hydroxylapatite augmentation of the mandible with simultaneous mucosal graft vestibuloplasty.
A technique is described that allows simultaneous posterior mandibular ridge augmentation and anterior sulcus deepening. This combined technique improves the denture-bearing area of the mandible more than vestibuloplasty alone and can be completed as one surgical procedure.
D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D017886:Durapatite; D006801:Humans; D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000637:transplantation*; D013516:Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic / Q000379:methods*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D014727:Vestibuloplasty / Q000379:methods*
D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D017886:Durapatite