D Coen Pramono1. 1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia. coen_pram@yahoo.com
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: A case of spontaneous bone regeneration after mandible resection is reported. CASE REPORT: A 6-year-old boy suffered from ameloblastoma in his right mandible. Six months after haemimandibulectomy, a bone regeneration forming a new form of mandible is seen. HISTOPATHOLOGY: Lamellar mature bone was observed. Resection of the large portion of the mandible as the choice of treatment as the tumor was grown extensively. Spontaneous bone regeneration after a mandible resection. CONCLUSION: Unexpected spontaneous bone regeneration may be explained by the fact that periosteum, as the source of osteogenic cells, might be responsible for this process.
INTRODUCTION: A case of spontaneous bone regeneration after mandible resection is reported. CASE REPORT: A 6-year-old boy suffered from ameloblastoma in his right mandible. Six months after haemimandibulectomy, a bone regeneration forming a new form of mandible is seen. HISTOPATHOLOGY: Lamellar mature bone was observed. Resection of the large portion of the mandible as the choice of treatment as the tumor was grown extensively. Spontaneous bone regeneration after a mandible resection. CONCLUSION: Unexpected spontaneous bone regeneration may be explained by the fact that periosteum, as the source of osteogenic cells, might be responsible for this process.
Authors: Patricia L Carlisle; Teja Guda; David T Silliman; Wen Lien; Robert G Hale; Pamela R Brown Baer Journal: J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg Date: 2016-02-15