培養上皮シート移植によるオッセオインテグレーテッドインプラント周囲軟組織改善の１方法

Abstract

Osseointegrated implants are useful in improving the masticatory function in patients who undergo mandibular reconstruction after tumor resection. However, many of these patients have thick, mobile soft tissue, which causes inflammation around the abutments.Although mucosal or skin grafts have been used to manage soft tissue problems that occur around the abutments, each have disadvantages: the donor site size is limited in mucosal grafts, and hair growth and keratinization cause discomfort with skin grafts.This paper describes a new method for soft tissue management using cultured mucosal grafs which overcome these disadvantages.