Vestibulo-lingual sulcoplasty with skin graft in the mandible

A surgical technique for vestibulo-lingual sulcoplasty in the mandible is described. The lingual bone surface is entirely covered by a mucoperiosteal flap, when the muscles have been cut and the lingual sulcus deepened. A split-thickness skin graft taken from the inner surface of the upper arm is placed vestibularly in the region 38--48. An essential increase of the denture-wearing area is obtained and the dislocating effect of the muscles on the denture is eliminated.