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Custom‐made titanium mandibular reconstruction tray
Author(s) -
Samman N.,
Luck W. K.,
Cheung L. K.,
Cheung L. K.,
Tideman H.,
Clark R. K. F.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1999.tb00221.x
Subject(s) - tray , orthodontics , titanium , dentistry , computer science , medicine , materials science , engineering , metallurgy , mechanical engineering
Reconstruction of the mandible after ablative surgery can be achieved by using preformed trays or trays formed from models produced by computer‐assisted modeling systems. The former presents difficulty in matching the required facial contour, jaw relationship and condylar position; while the latter is expensive. This paper presents a simple and inexpensive method of febricating a custom‐made titanium bone grafting tray. The dimensions of the patient's mandible are obtained by clinical measurement. Such measurements are sued to construct a mandibular replica. The region to be reconstructed is carved to produce the ideal shape and dimensions of an edentulous segment. The tray is made either by casting or by swaging. Twenty‐one custom‐made titanium bone grafting trays have been fitted in patients with encouraging results. This method of bone grafting tray construction is a simple, inexpensive technique for achieving excellent facial contour and functional reconstruction after mandibulectomy.