DETAILING THE SOFTWARE AIDED DESIGNING OF 3-D MODEL FOR MANDIBULAR RECONSTRUCTION: A CASE REPORT

Adersh GA^1, , Surej Kumar LK¹, Nikhil M Kurien¹, Prabhat Raj Balan¹ and Dilna S¹

¹Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, P.M.S College of Dental Science, Trivandrum, Kerala , India.

Cite this paper:
Adersh GA, Surej Kumar LK, Nikhil M Kurien, Prabhat Raj Balan and Dilna S. DETAILING THE SOFTWARE AIDED DESIGNING OF 3-D MODEL FOR MANDIBULAR RECONSTRUCTION: A CASE REPORT. International Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2018; 6(4):95-99. doi: 10.12691/ijcdr-6-4-2

Abstract

The concept of using 3-D models in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery is not new. On 8 August 1984, Charles W ‘Chuck’ Hull got the patent for creating an apparatus that creates 3-D replicas. It took 10 more years to get it implemented in the field of medicine and surgery. Now this technology is being used by surgeons all over the world. In this paper, we are sharing our experience of designing a part of mandible where a resected part of the mandible (afflicted with recurrent amelobastoma) is removed and reconstructed with autogenous bone grafts like free fibula flap.

Keywords:
3-D models designing free fibula reconstruction

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