OSSEOINTEGRATION AND NERVE TRANSPOSITION AFTER MANDIBULAR RESECTION TO TREAT AN AMELOBLASTOMA - A CASE-REPORT

This case report demonstrates the use of osseointegrated implants to r eplace the mandibular left second premolar and first and second molars removed during a surgical resection of a walnut-sized ameloblastoma. The first-stage surgery was performed 2 years after the oncologic surg ery and if was necessary to laterally reposition the inferior alveolar nerve prior to placement of implants. The patient has been restored t o full dental function. There was no occurrence of paresthesia at any time. The treatment plan and the treatment were a collaboration of an oral surgeon a periodontist, and a restorative dentist located in Swed en, the United States, and Italy respectively and is an indication of what can be accomplished to the benefit of the patient when teamwork i s exercised.