Open AccessProtein-signaled guided total jaw regeneration in infantile total mandibular resection
Author(s) -
SM Balaji
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2231-0746
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0746.147141
Subject(s) - medicine , lesion , regeneration (biology) , dentistry , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , limiting , bone morphogenetic protein , jaw bone , juvenile , bone morphogenetic protein 2 , resection , surgery , orthodontics , mechanical engineering , botany , genetics , implant , engineering , biology , genus , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , in vitro
Maxillofacial reconstruction on a young child with huge aggressively growing lesion is a tough situation owing to several limiting factors. Besides the other factors, impact of the growing lesion on the psychology of the child also needs to be considered. This manuscript reports a case of an 18-month-old boy with juvenile cemento-ossifying fibroma in whom removal of a large portion of the jaws was required. The regeneration of the jaw bones with the help of protein signal guided reconstruction using bone morphogenetic protein-2 is described. Long-term follow-up of the patient with dental implants placed on the neo-osteogenic bone is reported.