Rehabilitation of dental implants for the post-irradiated and marginally resected mandible in an oral cancer patient.
We describe a case with severely compromised edentulous ridge in the mandible, which previously received marginal resection and radiotherapy due to oral cancer at the mouth floor. Through careful evaluation, the patient had 30 dives of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) before implant surgery. The edentulous ridge was rehabilitated with 4 endosteal implant fixtures, and palatal mucosa grafting vestibulosulcoplasty. The case had been followed for 4 years with stability of bone and a satisfactory result of rehabilitation.
Kao
Shou-Yen
SY
Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. sykao@vghtpe.gov.tw
Yeung
Tze-Cheung
TC
Lo
Wen-Liang
WL
Wu
Cheng-Hsien
CH
Lui
Man-Tin
MT
Chang
Richard Che-Shoa
RC
D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015921:Dental Implants; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000528:radiation effects* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009060:Mouth Floor / Q000601:surgery; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*
D015921:Dental Implants