The Use of Buccal Fat Pad in the Treatment of Oral Submucous Fibrosis: A Newer Method

Surgical Management of OSMF With Coronoidectomy and Buccal Fat Pad Replacement - A Case Report

Oral submucous fibrosis is a chronic, progressive, disabling and scarring disease that affects the entire oral cavity, sometimes the pharynx, and rarely the larynx which predominantly affects the people of southeast Asia. It is characterized by blanching and stiffness of the oral mucosa, which causes progressive limitation of mouth opening and intolerance/ burning sensation to hot and spicy foo...

Treatment Modality for Advanced Oral Submucous Fibrosis

Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF), which presents with a severe degree of trismus, is a great surgical challenge. The surgical procedures include excision of fibrous bands with or without coverage of the surgically created defect. The use of vascularised flaps such as the palatal pedicled flap, tongue flaps, use of buccal fat pad and nasolabial flaps are becoming increasingly popular. We present a...

Surgical Management of Oral Submucous Fibrosis Defects Using Buccal Fat Pad in Posterior Region and Nasolabial Flap in The Anterior Region

The pliancy of pedicled buccal fat pad used in reconstruction of oral submucous fibrosis - a case report

Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) has multifactorial aetiology which is considered to include betel quid chewing, excessive use of chillies and spices, poor nutrition and deficiency of vitamin and iron. Various treatment modalities such as nutritional supplement, intralesional steroid and placental extract injections, antioxidants, and physiotherapy have been used for conservative management of OSF...

Oral Submucous Fibrosis: a case report

We describe an interesting case of oral sub mucous fibrosis accompanied by severe trismus in a 23 years old man. The patient had initially been diagnosed as having internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint and conservative treatment had failed to decrease the symptoms. Despite extremely limited temporomandibular joint movement, cone beam computed tomography revealed no important abnor...