title: Clinicoanatomic study on the craniofacial bones used for cranio- and maxillofacial implants.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: Kohsuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Ken-Ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Michi
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Egawa
mesh_terms: 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