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Volume 14 , Issue 1
January/February 1999
Pages 118–126

Rehabilitation of Patients with Reconstructed Mandibles Using Osseointegrated Implants: Clinical Report

Maria B. Papageorge, DMD, MS, Stella M. Karabetou, DDS, Lonnie H. Norris, DMD, MPH

PMID: 10074762

Experience with 9 patients who underwent mandibular reconstruction with autogenous free bone grafts and subsequent placement of titanium screw-type implants is reported. The interval between bone grafting and implant placement in these patients ranged from 8 to 34 months. A total of 33 implants was placed, followed up for 16 to 53 months, and achieved an 85% survival rate. Analysis of these patients reveals that the type of bone graft used is integral to successful prosthodontic reconstruction to ensure viability and minimal resorption as well as the timing of implant placement. (Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants 1999;14:118–126) Key words: mandibular reconstruction, oral cancer, osseointegration, titanium implants

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