title: Protein-signaled guided total jaw regeneration in infantile total mandibular resection.
abstract: Maxillofacial reconstruction on a young child with huge aggressively growing lesion is a tough situation owing to several limiting factors. Besides the other factors, impact of the growing lesion on the psychology of the child also needs to be considered. This manuscript reports a case of an 18-month-old boy with juvenile cemento-ossifying fibroma in whom removal of a large portion of the jaws was required. The regeneration of the jaw bones with the help of protein signal guided reconstruction using bone morphogenetic protein-2 is described. Long-term follow-up of the patient with dental implants placed on the neo-osteogenic bone is reported.
authors.affiliation: Director and Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon, Balaji Dental and Craniofacial Hospital, Teynampet, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Balaji
keywords: Dental implants; maxillofacial reconstruction; protein-signal; recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2; total jaw regeneration; total mandibular resection