OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Discuss current techniques utilizing the scapular tip and subscapular system for free tissue reconstruction of maxillary defects and highlight the impact of medical modeling on these techniques with a case series. STUDY DESIGN Case review series at an academic hospital of patients undergoing maxillectomy + thoracodorsal scapula composite free flap (TSCF) reconstruction. ...

BACKGROUND The treatment of buccal gingival recessions is a common requirement due to aesthetic concern or root sensitivity. The aim of this manuscript was to systematically review the literature on coronally advanced flap (CAF) alone or in combination with tissue grafts, barrier membranes (BM), enamel matrix derivative (EMD) or other material for treating gingival recession. MATERIAL AND MET...

The aim of this research was to verify clinically and histologically whether an excessively large horizontal and vertical gap distance of an implant placed into an immediate extraction socket would osseointegrate coronally at the implant-socket interface without primary flap closure, a bone graft, or a barrier membrane. An immediate implant and straight-profile healing abutment were placed at t...

Objective/Background The purpose of this report is to demonstrate a novel endovascular technique for gaining and producing the maximal landing zone for a thoracic stent graft in a patient with a chronic type B aortic dissection. Methods The patient was a 64 year old man with chronic type B aortic dissection. He had developed acute type B aortic dissection and undergone descending thoracic rep...