title: Reconstruction of a total maxillectomy defect with a zygomatic implant-retained obturator.
abstract: Treatment options of maxillary fibrous dysplasia are surgical recontouring or total or partial maxillectomy depending on the site and behavior of the lesion. Among the reconstruction procedures, which include many surgical options, reconstruction using a maxillary obturator is the least invasive one. This report describes a case of aggressive maxillary fibrous dysplasia that was treated with a total maxillectomy and reconstructed with a malar implant-retained maxillary obturator.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Baskent University Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara, Turkey. suckan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uckan
authors.forename: Yener
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oguz
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uyar
authors.forename: Atilla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozyesil
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D005357:Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery*; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures; D010158:Palatal Obturators; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D015050:Zygoma / Q000601:surgery*