Spontaneous bone regeneration after mandible resection in a case of ameloblastoma--a case report.
BACKGROUND
A case of spontaneous bone regeneration after mandible resection is reported.


METHODS
A 6-year-old boy suffered from ameloblastoma in his right mandible. Six months after haemimandibulectomy, a bone regeneration forming a new form of mandible is seen.


RESULTS
Lamellar mature bone was observed. Resection of the large portion of the mandible as the choice of treatment as the tumor was grown extensively. Spontaneous bone regeneration after a mandible resection.


CONCLUSIONS
Unexpected spontaneous bone regeneration may be explained by the fact that periosteum, as the source of osteogenic cells, might be responsible for this process.
Coen Pramono
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia. coen_pram@yahoo.com
D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000601:surgery*; D001861:Bone Regeneration / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*