Rehabilitation of Reconstructed Maxilla Using Denture-Guided Epithelial Regeneration in DCIA Flap: 10-Year Follow-Up

• Published in: Journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 639 - 643
• Main Authors: Kumar, Vinay V., Venkat, Sainath, Jacob, P. C., Khemeria, Gaurav
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi Springer India 01-06-2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Clinical Paper; Cysts; DCIA flap; Dental rehabilitation; Dentistry; Denture-guided epithelial regeneration; Dentures; Maxillofacial rehabilitation; Medical imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Oral hygiene; Otorhinolaryngology; Patients; Peri-implant soft tissue; Plastic Surgery; Prostheses; Surgery; Transplants & implants; India; Maxillofacial rehabilitation; Peri-implant soft tissue; Denture-guided epithelial regeneration; Dental rehabilitation; DCIA flap
• ISSN: 0972-8279; 0974-942X; 0974-942X
• DOI: 10.1007/s12663-023-01900-z

This 10-year follow-up report describes the interdisciplinary comprehensive management of a patient with aneurysmal bone cyst of the maxilla in a 24-year-old patient. The treatment included resection and primary reconstruction with vascularized deep circumflex iliac artery-based composite free flap, implant placement, and peri-implant soft tissue management using denture-guided epithelial regeneration with interim dentures. Definitive management was done using implant-supported cast partial dentures, and the patient followed up for 10 years.