[Plastic operation of alveolar process by visor osteotomy].

Abstract

Extraction of teeth from the lower jaw often results in atrophy of the alveolar process and mandibular body, and sometimes the atrophy progresses so severely as to seriously affect the fitness of the denture, especially the full denture. If the alveolar ridge is markedly resorbed, patients are not satisfied, unless the alveolar process is surgically heightened and the fitness of the denture is regained. Plastic operation of the alveolar process by visor osteotomy and grafting of the iliac bone was performed on a 54-year-old woman who presented at our Department with a complaint of unfitness of the full denture because of marked atrophy of the mandibular alveolar process. As a result of this operation, a functionally well-fitting denture could be fitted to the satisfaction of this patient. This paper describes the outline of the surgical procedure.