title: Reconstruction of the severely resorbed atrophic edentulous ridge of the maxilla and mandible for implant rehabilitation: report of a case.
abstract: We describe a case with a severely resorbed atrophic edentulous ridge in both the maxilla and mandible. The maxilla was reconstructed using a sinus-lifting procedure and onlay bone graft. The mandible was reconstructed by anterior osteotomy with an interpositional sandwich iliac bone graft at the symphysis area, subperiosteally with iliac bone chips mixed with hydroxylapatite bilaterally at the posterior atrophic ridge, and vestibuloplasty with a split thickness skin graft (STSG). After full-mouth implant rehabilitation, a 5-year follow-up of this case shows a satisfactory result.
authors.affiliation: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Dentistry, Taipei-Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Shou-Yen
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: Tze-Cheung
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Yeung
authors.forename: I-Chiang
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: Richard Che-Shoa
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000601:surgery; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D013516:Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic; D014727:Vestibuloplasty