Pseudarthrosis after mandibular reconstruction leads to chronic overload of the osteosynthesis and impedes dental rehabilitation. This study evaluates the impact of gap site on osseous union in mandib...
The degree of bone regeneration was evaluated in 16 patients after mandible reconstruction with a fibula free flap and patient-specific reconstruction plates. Percentual bone volume and width changes ...
Intersegmental gap width (...
A methodology framework has been developed that allows to quantify pseuarthrosis in reconstructed mandibles using CBCT imaging. The study identifies the anterior segmental gap as a further risk factor...
Patients with mandibular conventional ameloblastoma undergoing radical surgical treatment experience greater trauma and often find it challenging to accept, whereas conservative therapy is associated ...
A total of 40 patients, meeting the study's inclusion and exclusion criteria from 2012 to 2020, were screened, with 20 in the modified group and 20 in the traditional group. ImageJ (RRID: SCR_003070) ...
The incidence of recurrence was significantly lower in the modified group, at only 5%, compared to 35% in the traditional group (p < 0.05). Regarding bone mineral density (BMD) growth rate, the averag...
In this study, it was found that the recurrence rate of the modified conservative treatment (Cur/BCO) was lower than that of the traditional conservative treatment for managing mandibular conventional...
The fibula free flap is the standard of care in the reconstruction of large mandibular defects in pediatric patients, enabling adequate restoration of the facial contour. However, the unpredictable gr...
A photogrammetric analysis of facial symmetry using the "Asymmetry Index" (AI) was performed from preoperative and postoperative frontal photographs in 17 pediatric patients (9 males and 8 females) wh...
The mean follow-up was 76.9 (± 19.0) months (range, 60-120). The average age at intervention was 9.23 (± 3.8) years. Mean AI was 15.31 (± 1.81) preoperatively and 3.59 (± 0.97) postoperatively. Differ...
Mandibular reconstruction using the vascularized fibula free flap provides adequate restoration of facial symmetry that could be predictably maintained throughout the developmental period in children ...
Three-dimensional positional changes of the temporomandibular joint after mandible reconstruction using microvascular fibula flaps were investigated in 58 patients. The results of preoperative virtual...
Plate-related complications are major long-term complications in mandible reconstruction. There are controversies regarding the use of a reconstruction plate versus miniplates and a bone flap versus a...
We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of a total of 205 patients aged >18 years who underwent segmental mandibulectomy and reconstruction using fibula flap with reconstruction plate (FR; n =...
The plate-related complication rate was the highest in the AR group (37.9%), then in the FR group (25.6%), and was the lowest in the FM group (13.1%; p = 0.0079). The plate exposure rate was the highe...
Using a fibular flap fixed with miniplates and avoiding the use of a reconstruction plate may yield a reduced plate exposure rate and better health-related quality of life, particularly for patients w...
Ameloblastoma is a benign locally aggressive odontogenic tumor of epithelial origin with unlimited growth capacity. Cervical lymphoepithelial cyst is a developmental cyst located in the superior-later...
Dental implant complications in patients with a symphysis cross-arch defect occur following fibula mandible reconstruction due to mechanical stress. The authors compared implant outcomes after single-...
Reconstruction of mandibular defects is best accomplished by composite bony tissue. When the fibula is not available other sources must be used. Occasionaly tumor recurence will neccesitate a further ...
POT is a relatively newly described benign odontogenic tumor with very few cases registered to date. We present the 1st case of Primordial odontogenic tumor (POT) from Sub-Saharan Africa with unique c...
This was a 17-year-old patient who presented with slow-growing, painless posterior mandibular swelling. The imaging revealed a well-defined, unilocular, expansile, lytic lesion with internal calcific ...
POT is predominantly a non-aggressive and mostly affects the pediatric population. Hence, clinicians must be updated on all the aspects of this tumor to diagnose it appropriately and avoid any undue o...
Soft tissue lesions are among the most prevalent forms of tumors or tumor-like alterations within the oral cavity. They exhibit a wide spectrum of characteristics, ranging from benign, noninvasive les...
