Open AccessDental implants rehabilitation in a patient with head and neck radiotherapy for osteosarcoma in the jaw. A clinical case report
Author(s) -
Pablo Garrido-Martínez,
JuanFrancisco PeñaCardelles,
José-Juan Pozo-Kreilinger,
Germán Esparza-Gómez,
Néstor Montesdeoca-García,
José Luis Cebrián Carretero
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical and experimental dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.481
H-Index - 23
ISSN - 1989-5488
DOI - 10.4317/jced.57863
Subject(s) - medicine , fibula , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , osteoradionecrosis , osseointegration , rehabilitation , osteosarcoma , head and neck cancer , head and neck , dentistry , radiation therapy , splint (medicine) , orthodontics , surgery , implant , physical therapy , tibia , botany , pathology , biology , genus
A 52-year-old female patient with a diagnostic of osteosarcoma in the mandible, in which it was necessary a reconstruction with a microvascularized osteomyocutaneous fibula bone. Coadjuvant chemotherapy was scheduled. Two years later, 4 osseointegrated implants (OII) were placed in the fibula a 2 OII in the right mandible, using a splint guided surgery. The final prosthodontic consisted in a metal ceramic restoration using CAD/ CAM technology. Key words: Oral rehabilitation, oral cancer, head and neck radiotherapy, oral oncology.