Retrospective assessment of the peri-implant mucosa of implants inserted in reanastomosed or free bone grafts from the fibula or iliac crest.

Purpose: To investigate the susceptibility of implants to inflammation following autogenous bone transplantation and to evaluate whether various factors affect outcomes.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional clinical investigation involved patients who were treated between the years 1994 and 1996. The donor site, mode of transplantation, primary disease, gender, smoking habits, and age were evaluated with respect to outcomes.

Distraction osteogenesis in secondary microsurgical mandible reconstruction: report of seven cases.

Introduction: Fibula, ilium and scapula are the preferred donor areas for vascularised bone grafts. For secondary mandibular reconstruction, however, compromises often have to be made as a result of the poor quality of the covering soft tissue and recipient vessels especially in irradiated patients. Callus distraction osteogenesis is a complementary method for optimising the intermaxillary relationship and the facial profile from an aesthetic point of view.

Mechanical aspects of a multidirectional, angular stable osteosynthesis system and comparison with four conventional systems.

Background: Following open reduction, internal fixation of fractures of the mandible is predominantly achieved using plates and screws. Today, a multitude of osteosynthesis systems are available on the market. One therapy modality, primarily developed for orthopaedic surgery, is using angular stable osteosynthesis plate systems.

Clinical implementation of a multidirectional, angular stable osteosynthesis system in maxillofacial traumatology.

Aim: To investigate whether a multidirectional, angular stable osteosynthesis system is suitable for the treatment of mandibular fractures and to compare it with well established available systems.

Material And Methods: Following preliminary testing in an animal model, the multidirectional angular stable system TiFix 2.3 obtained from Litos (Hamburg, Germany) was utilised for internal fixation of 39 mandibular fractures.

Major mandibular surgical procedures as an indication for intraoperative imaging.

Purpose: This study investigated 3-dimensional (3D) imaging with intraoperative cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) in major mandibular reconstruction procedures.

Patients And Methods: The study group was comprised of 125 patients (83 males, 42 females) admitted for surgical treatment of the mandible. The patients ranged in age from 3 months to 91 years (average age, 40.