The left mandibular fragment contains the roots of five erupted teeth, one erupted tooth crown, and one unerupted tooth. |
Radiographic examination revealed an ill-defined radiolucent lesion at the joint area of the previous bone graft and the right mandibular angle. |
The mandibular branch was very close to the tumor, but with gentle dissection was able to be spared. |
Again, we see that the mandibular and hyoid arches are developmentally different from the rest of the series. |
The patient's dentition was normal, and the left mandibular teeth were nontender and immobile. |
He found this method of mandibular reconstruction to be reliable particularly in irradiated tissue beds. |