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An Alternative Method to Reconstruct Severely Atrophic Mandible: Case Report

Volume 1 - Issue 6

Gaffrée Gustavo*

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    • Director of Surgical Department, Lourenço Jorge Hospital, Brazil

    *Corresponding author: Gaffrée Gustavo, Director of Surgical Department of Lourenço Jorge Hospital - Rio de Janeiro – Brazil, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in private Clinic Grupo Face, Brazil

Received: November 10, 2017;   Published: November 16, 2017

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000535

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Abstract

The prosthetic rehabilitation of atrophic jaws has always been a challenge for the professionals involved in it. Depending on the degree of bone atrophy present not even the conventional prosthesis (dentures) cannot estore the aesthetics and function due to insufficient retention of the prosthesis, nerve compression pain, alteration of the proportions between the facial thirds and difficulties in the speech and Chewing. Due to increasing longevity, more active life and a growth in the elderly relationship in the percentage of the population, there has been an increase in the frequency of patients seeking the rehabilitation of the jaws for improving the quality of life.

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