Computer Guided Buccal Cortical Plate Separation for Removal of Calcified Benign Odontogenic Tumors Affecting Mandibular Angle Region

Cairo University10 enrolled

Overview

Computer guided buccal cortical plate separation was performed for ten patients using patient specific osteotomy locating guides and pre-bent plates. The guide was designed to outline the osteotomy, buccal cortical plate was separated, the lesion was removed, finally the pre-bent plates were used to fix the separated cortex.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Odontogenic Tumors Odontoma

Interventions

Computer guided buccal cortical plate separationOTHER

Computer guided buccal cortical plate separation for removal of calcified benign odontogenic tumors

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with well-defined radiopaque lesion affecting angle region, its conventional removal may compromise the bone continuity and leads to pathological fracture indicating the need of buccal cortical plate separation technique Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with any medical condition contraindicating the surgical procedures were excluded

Locations (2)

Faculty of dentistry, Cairo university

Cairo, Egypt

Faculty of Dentistry

Cairo, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Intra-operative time

Intra-operative time was measured from the start of the incision till suturing

Time frame: during the surgery

Secondary Outcomes

Postoperative pain

Postoperative pain using 0 - 10 visual analog scale

Time frame: 2, 5, and 10 days after the surgery

Edema

Edema was assessed using a four grades scale: Grade 0, No edema; Grade 1, mild edema (just visible); Grade 2; moderate edema (local); Grade 3, severe edema (extended).

Time frame: 5 and 10 days after the surgery

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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