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.

Long-term results of jaw reconstruction with microsurgical fibula grafts and dental implants.

Purpose: The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the long-term utility of the free fibula flap for the reconstruction of the maxilla and mandible and to investigate its suitability for prosthetic rehabilitation with dental implants focusing on implant survival and implant-related morbidity.

Materials And Methods: Thirty patients who underwent microsurgical reconstruction of the upper or lower jaw after resection from 1992 to 1994 and were available for follow-up examination were included in the investigation. The primary afflictions were malignant tumors, alveolar atrophy, or osteomyelitis.

Long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency with inadvertent caries in infants.

Background: Long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (LCHADD) is a rare systemic disease that is associated with early tooth decay.

Case Report: This report describes the case of a 3-year-old boy suffering from LCHADD. At the time of referral, extensive carious lesions of the subject's maxillary dentition necessitated the surgical removal of eight teeth.

The acute orbit: etiology, diagnosis, and therapy.

Purpose: Extension of dental abscesses to distant areas of the head and neck has been repeatedly reported in the medical literature. Subsequent involvement of the orbit still remains a rarity, resulting in protracted onset of therapy because of inaccurate diagnosis. Considering the possible lasting damage that can result from insufficient therapy, like blindness or even death, the need to extensively educate practicing physicians becomes evident.