title: Soft tissue management using palatal mucosa around endosteal implants in vascularized composite grafts in the mandible.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Oral and Maxillary Surgery Department, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins