title: Implant-prosthetic rehabilitation after segmental mandibulectomy and bone grafting.
abstract: A free vascularized fibula (6 cases) and iliac bone (11 cases) graft were used to reconstruct a mandibular discontinuity defect resulting from cancer surgery in 17 patients. Fifty-two osseointegrated DenTi implants were secondarily placed into the grafted bone, and all the patients underwent prosthetic rehabilitation. (DenTi is an endosseous dental implant system invented and manufactured by Denti-System Ltd., Szentes, Hungary.) To date, the maximum follow-up time after prosthetic treatment is 5 years, the minimum is 2 years. During this time, only one of the 52 inserted implants was lost, and that occurred a few days after insertion. Clinical signs of peri-implantitis were observed in only 2 of the fixed prosthetic restorations. Long-term maintenance is essential if such patients are to achieve successful prosthetic restorations and, thus, enhanced lives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Borbély
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kovács
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fazekas
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vajdovich
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mari
mesh_terms: D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors