Soft tissue management using palatal mucosa around endosteal implants in vascularized composite grafts in the mandible.
Excessive thickness and mobility of the skin flap and lack of a vestibular sulcus in composite vascularized bone grafts for mandibular reconstruction limit the usefulness of endosteal implants to support a prosthetic device. Palatal mucosal grafts and a simple acrylic stent are an excellent means to overcome these problems. The technique is presented in this paper.
Chang
Y M
YM
Oral and Maxillary Surgery Department, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chan
C P
CP
Shen
Y F
YF
Wei
F C
FC
D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000601:surgery; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D005360:Fibula / Q000098:blood supply / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000637:transplantation*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000637:transplantation*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D015607:Stents; D013997:Time Factors
D000180:Acrylic Resins