Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

The Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (대한구강악안면외과학회)
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CLINICAL EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PEDICLED BUCCAL FAT PAD GRAFTS IN CLOSURE OF OROANTRAL COMMUNICATIONS

구강-상악동 누공의 폐쇄에 있어 유경 협부 지방 이식의 유용성

  • Kim, Eun-Seok (Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University)
  • 김은석 (충남대학교 의과대학 치과/ 구강악안면외과)
  • Published : 2000.06.30
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Abstract

The author evaluated the effectiveness of pedicled buccal fat pad grafts for closure of oroantral communications. Nine patients with chronic oroantral communications and one patient with an oronasal communication were treated with pedicled buccal fat grafts. They were treated successfully in all cases, and there were no postoperative complications (i. e. shallow buccal vestibule), and minimal patient discomforts. It was concluded that this was a easy and time fast method for closure of oral defects and had wide application and high successful rate.

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