Dental Restoration with Endosseous Implants After Mandibular Reconstruction Using a Fibula Free Flap and TMJ Prosthesis: A Patient Report

This patient report describes the secondary reconstruction of a hemimandibular and condylar defect and the dental restoration of a 56-year-old woman who had been subjected to radical ablative surgery 30 years earlier to remove a tumor. In the first phase, a fibula free flap was used in combination with a total TMJ prosthesis for the reconstruction of the hemimandible and condyle. Secondly, 3 endosseous implants were placed in the residual mandible. These implants were used to support an overdenture prosthesis that has remained in continuous function for a period of 2 years. (Case Report) Keywords: dental implants, dental prostheses, fibular free flap, mandibular reconstruction, temporomandibular joint prostheses