AIMS: Implant-supported rehabilitation following maxillary or mandibular reconstruction with vascularized osseous free flaps is frequently compromised by inadequate peri-implant soft tissues, vestibular obliteration, and scar contracture....
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No actionable change for audiologists — this article is outside audiology's scope, covering oral and maxillofacial reconstructive surgery with no hearing or vestibular relevance.
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- 01Preliminary case series — very low evidence level for clinical adoption.
- 02Describes a digital CAD/CAM workflow for a vestibuloplasty stent in jaw reconstruction patients.
- 03Peri-implant soft tissue management is the focus, not hearing or balance.
- 04'Vestibuloplasty' here refers to oral surgery, NOT the vestibular (inner ear balance) system.
- 05No relevance to audiology, hearing aids, or vestibular audiology.
A digital CAD/CAM vestibuloplasty stent workflow can support peri-implant soft tissue management following vascularized osseous free flap jaw reconstruction.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42562261
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jormas.2026.102939.
- Journal
- Journal of Stomatology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Publication type
- case_report
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Patients undergoing jaw reconstruction with vascularized osseous free flaps requiring peri-implant soft tissue management
- Intervention
- Digital CAD/CAM vestibuloplasty stent for peri-implant soft tissue management
Primary outcomes
Feasibility of digital CAD/CAM vestibuloplasty stent workflow; Peri-implant soft tissue outcomes following jaw reconstruction