Dental restoration with endosseous implants after mandibular reconstruction using a fibula free flap and TMJ prosthesis: a patient report.
This patient report describes the secondary reconstruction of a hemimandibular and condylar defect and the dental restoration of a 56-year-old woman who had been subjected to radical ablative surgery 30 years earlier to remove a tumor. In the first phase, a fibula free flap was used in combination with a total TMJ prosthesis for the reconstruction of the hemimandible and condyle. Secondly, 3 endosseous implants were placed in the residual mandible. These implants were used to support an overdenture prosthesis that has remained in continuous function for a period of 2 years.
Infante-Cossio
Pedro
P
Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Stomatology, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, Seville, Spain. pinfante@us.es
Torres-Lagares
Daniel
D
Martinez-de-Fuentes
Rafael
R
Garcia-Perla-Garcia
Alberto
A
Gutierrez-Perez
Jose-Luis
JL
D015921:Dental Implants; D005260:Female; D005360:Fibula / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008341:Mandibular Prosthesis; D019930:Mandibular Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000601:surgery*
D015921:Dental Implants