Case Report: Residive Ameloblastoma of Mandible

Abstract

Ameloblastoma is a slow growing benign odotogenic tumor, most commonly occurs in the mandible, locally invasive but relatively no complaints and can grow larger and cause damage to the jaw and facial if it is not treated. Proper treatment of ameloblastoma is still controversial, since ameloblastoma recurrence rate is very high, so that clinicians perform a radical treatment with mandibulectomy. This report discussed about management of ameloblastoma of mandible with hemimandibulectomy prevoiusly and reconstruction with recon plate. A 60-years-old male complained about having a lump again in his lower jaw, with history of hemimandibu lectomy Sinistra and reconstructions with recon plate 2015 with a diagnose ameloblastoma mandible. The patient was hospitalized one day prior surgery. After the hemimandibulectomy, reconstruction performed by placing a K-wire to gain contour of the mandible. The patient was followed up his post operation condition. Hemimandibulectomy and reconstruction with K-wire is the ideal.