Clinicoanatomic study on the craniofacial bones used for cranio- and maxillofacial implants.
OBJECTIVE
To clarify basic clinico-anatomic factors associated with cranio-maxillofacial rehabilitation using implants.


METHODS
Morphometrically evaluated were items such as the length and width of bone and the thickness of cortical bone at important sites for implant placement into cranial and maxillofacial bones in 30 cadavers at autopsy.


RESULTS
At sites corresponding to potential placement sites for implants as the fixation source for ocular epitheses, the mean length of bone was 7.8 mm, and the mean width was 8.3 mm.


CONCLUSIONS
Useful data have been obtained for the selection of the placements sites, direction, length, and external diameter of cranio- and maxillofacial implants.
Matsuura
Mitsuhiro
M
First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
Ohno
Kohsuke
K
Michi
Ken-Ichi
K
Egawa
Kaoru
K
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002508:Cephalometry; D005260:Female; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008447:Maxillofacial Prosthesis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009295:Nasal Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009915:Orbit / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology