title: Surgical stents for composite mandible reconstruction.
abstract: Surgical stents have improved and simplified our ability to predictably restore maxillomandibular relationships after composite oromandibular resections. Bimaxillary relationships are optimized, the aesthetic result is enhanced, and successful dental rehabilitation follows.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of California at Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Markowitz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Roumanas
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Calcaterra
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D008341:Mandibular Prosthesis; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D015607:Stents; D013524:Surgical Flaps