Surgical and prosthetic rehabilitation of patients with hemimandibular defect.
OBJECTIVE
This work intended to investigate, by means of a literature revision, the techniques and materials used for the rehabilitation of hemimandibular defect patients, prosthetic and occlusal aspects of these patients, and chewing and swallowing.


METHODS
For the confection of this revision, we consulted the database indexers Google Scholar, PubMed, and SciELO and found studies published between the periods 1972 and 2008. The terms used for the search had been "to hemimandibular defects," "to temporomandibular joint protheses," and "vascularized cap grafts," which had been searched separately and combined.


CONCLUSIONS
Diverse techniques and materials used for the reconstruction of hemimandibular defects exist; however, great bone resorption is still observed, which will compromise the prosthetic rehabilitation of these patients. More prospective works and stories of clinical cases duly registered will be able to elucidate in a clearer form the anatomic and functional devolutions of the verbal socket of hemimandibular defect patients.
Goiato
Marcelo Coelho
MC
Department of Dentistry Materials and Prosthesis, University of the State of São Paulo, Araçatuba, Brazil. goiato@foa.unesp.br
Ribeiro
Adriana Barbosa
AB
Dreifus Marinho
Márcio Leandro Von
ML
D000818:Animals; D019643:Arthroplasty, Replacement; D001861:Bone Regeneration; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000209:etiology; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D003679:Deglutition; D017266:Dental Prosthesis; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D008409:Mastication; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013060:Speech; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000601:surgery*