Tongue Function after Ablative Surgery of the Symphyseal Region of the Mandible for the Treatment of Ameloblastomas in Tanzanian Patients

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Elison NM Simon Paul J W Stoelinga Boniphace M Kalyanyama Farrid M Shubi Sira Stanslaus Owibingire Mathias A W Merkx

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Elison NM Simon
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

A B S T R A C T

A technique is described to reconstruct the symphyseal part of the mandible after a segmental resection because of ameloblastoma, while special attention was paid to fix the digastric and genioglossal muscles, so as to allow for normal tongue function. Twenty-two patients were followed for an average period of 30 months and all of them had normal tongue function and were able to swallow without problems.

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Research Article

Publication history

Received: Tue 01, Sep 2020
Accepted: Mon 14, Sep 2020
Published: Wed 30, Sep 2020

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© 2023 Elison NM Simon . This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.DOBCR.2020.04.07