Transplantation and implantation procedures after surgical treatment of ameloblastoma

Attention is called to the fact that in cases of large ameloblastomas systematic, careful treatment is essential. This implies proper reconstruction of the jaw and restoration of the occlusion after adequate extirpation of the tumor. A case involving a large mandibular ameloblastoma is reported. It was successfully treated, step by step, by tumor extirpation, jaw reconstruction with rib transplants and installation of titanium implants (Biotes) in the rib transplants, anterior vestibuloplasty with skin graft, and, finally, an overdenture. Carefully planned coordination of well-documented surgical and prosthetic procedures has achieved a functionally and esthetically successful result.