[Skin and mucosal grafts. Their place within preprosthetic surgery and implantology]

In preprosthetic surgery, both skin grafts and oral mucosal grafts can serve as a dressing for mucosal defects. Grafts from the palatal mucosa are better suited for reconstruction than skin grafts or oral mucosal grafts with another origin, because palatal grafts lack many of the disadvantages of all other types of grafts. The limitation of palatal mucosa to be used as grafting material is its availability. However, cultured palatal mucosa may offer a solution when large defects have to be covered.