Longitudinal treatment of a severely atrophic mandible: a clinical report

Abstract

This clinical report presents the treatment of a patient with a severely atrophic mandible. The report details the clinical successes and failures over nearly a 20-year period. Clinical and surgical procedures are presented in a longitudinal fashion, as well as the rationale at the time to support each procedure.

a General & Sports Dentistry, Director, General Practice Residency, Department of Dentistry, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

b Chairman, Department of Dentistry, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

c Consultant, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Reprint requests to: Dr Salvatore J. Esposito, Department of Dentistry, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave (A-70), Cleveland, OH 44195, USA, Fax: 216-445-8570

PII: S0022-3913(03)00265-8

doi:10.1016/S0022-3913(03)00265-8

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