Wednesday, October 14, 2009
11:30AM - 1:30PM
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Howard Ian Holmes, DDS, DipOMFS, FICD
Assistant Head, Division of OMFS, University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
Ahmed Jan, DDS
Former Chief Resident OMFS, University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
Ablation of the mandible requires immediate or secondary reconstruction to maintain or recreate proper function and esthetics. Different techniques exist using free autogenous block or marrow grafts and microvascular transfers. The choice of when and what techniques might be the best, requires understanding of the biological process of graft healing.
At the conclusion of this presentation, participants should be able to: