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1: Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants. 2006 May-Jun;21(3):481-5.Links

Dental restoration with endosseous implants after mandibular reconstruction using a fibula free flap and TMJ prosthesis: a patient report.

Infante-Cossio P, Torres-Lagares D, Martinez-de-Fuentes R, Garcia-Perla-Garcia A, Gutierrez-Perez JL.

Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Stomatology, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, Seville, Spain. pinfante@us.es

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.

PMID: 16796296 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]