title: [Clinical anatomy of iliac bone grafts used for mandibular reconstruction and dental implantation].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the anatomical features of iliac bone grafts used for mandibular reconstruction and dental implantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixteen cadavers were dissected. The length, width, height and cortical thickness of the iliac bone were measured with respect to points determined by the relative dimensions of the bone.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The length of iliac bone graft was (77.2 ± 6.1) mm. The height was from (38.2 ± 4.2) mm to (41.9 ± 4.7) mm. The width decreased from iliac crest to base line. The least width 10 mm and 15 mm away from iliac crest were (8.4 ± 2.2) mm and (6.5 ± 2.1) mm respectively. The greatest mean cross-sectional cortical thickness at the intermediate line of the iliac crest was (3.4 ± 0.8) mm.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Anatomical features of iliac bone are suitable for designing bone grafts for mandibular reconstruction followed by dental implantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Implantology, School of Stomatology, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jian-jin
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Shu-lai
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D016025:Bone Transplantation; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000637:transplantation; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D063175:Mandibular Reconstruction / Q000379:methods