Effectiveness of Hyaluronic Acid Injection for Interdental Papillae Recovery in Esthetic Areas: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of hyaluronic acid (HA) injections used to reduce defects in the gingival papillae in esthetic areas. This randomized study included six patients requiring black triangle treatment in 19 defective papillae. After local anesthesia, less than 0.2 mL of HA was injected 2 to 3 mm into the tip of the deficient papilla in the apical direction. Analysis of the target regions with standardized photographs and 3D intraoral scanning (CEREC 4.5 software with RST files, Dentsply Sirona) was performed at baseline (T0) and at 1 month (T1), 2 months (T2), 3 months (T3), and 4 months (T4) after the initial application of HA. At each time period, the photographic analysis showed no statistically significant differences in linear tissue gain after HA gel application. The 3D analysis showed improvements in the vertical papillae tissue recovery at T3 (0.41 ± 0.21 mm) and T4 (0.38 ± 0.21 mm) when compared to T1 (0.13 ± 0.08 mm; P < .0001). Regarding the reconstruction of the interdental papillae, the general dimensions of the tissue in the black triangle areas showed a significant increase in size percentage at T3 (58% ± 32.9%) compared to T1 (30.41% ± 23.4%; P = .0054). Thus, the application of injectable HA was effective for filling papillae in the esthetic area. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2023;43:e73-e80. doi: 10.11607/prd.5814.

Botulinum Toxin Injections as an Adjunct to Surgical Lip Repositioning For Gummy Smile Treatment.

BACKGROUND: An attractive smile depends on the proper proportion and arrangement of lip, teeth gingiva scaffold. The ideal smile is the exposure of the entire length of maxillary teeth with 1 mm gingiva. A gingival display exceeding 3 mm is unpleasant and termed ''gummy smile (GS).'' Lip repositioning is a simple surgical procedure intended to minimize the gingival display by removing a strip of mucosa and shortening the vestibular depth. Botulinum toxin injecting overactive muscles with measured quantities results in a reduction of muscle activity, relaxing the lip muscles and decreasing upward pull on the lip. There are some contraindications: patients with short lips and gingival exposures less than 3 mm. PURPOSE: This case report describes the successful management of GS of a young man. CASE REPORT: The procedures were performed and these techniques resulted in shortened vestibule and restricted the muscle pull of the elevator muscles of the lip, reducing gingival display when the patient smiles. Surgical lip repositioning can be a minimally invasive alternative to orthognathic surgery. Botulinum Toxin injections can be a useful adjunct to enhance the esthetics and improve patient satisfaction, being a more conservative and immediate nonsurgical treatment modality available. CONCLUSIONS: In this way, the clinical case report demonstrated that lip repositioning surgery combined to botulinum toxin injections promising outcomes in the GS correction. The effect showed a marked reduction in gingival display at the 4-years follow-up.

Hyaluronic acid for repairing interdental papilla in esthetic area: case report

ABSTRACT: Background: Hyaluronic acid is a treatment option for this deficiency gingival papilla, since it aims to increase tissue volume in the region of loss of interdental papilla, minimally invasive. Aim this study was to describe the application of Hyaluronic acid in a deficient gingival papilla. Case report: Patient presented absence of interdental papilla in the maxillary arch around upper anterior teeth. A comprehensive exam was performed, plus 2D photographs taken with a professional camera coupled to a device for image standardization, and an intraoral scanning with the OMNICAM scanner. Three applications of Hyaluronic acid were performed to fill the black spaces, at an interval of four weeks. The patient was followed-up for three months, and the recovery of papilla was observed. Conclusion: The Hyaluronic acid as gingival filling material can be considered as a treatment option for augmenting interdental papilla in aesthetic area.

Rehabilitation with implants simultaneously to mandible fracture treatment. Follow up of 18 months

ABSTRACT: Objective: This study was reduction of a bilateral mandibular fracture through the installation of dental implants with immediate loading, re-establishing the stomatognathic function of the patient. Case Report: A 58-year-old male patient seek the emergency room from hospital after suffering a motorcycle accident. After physical and imaging examinations was diagnosed with bilateral mandibular fracture. The treatment of choice, once the patient was edentulous, was the reduction and stabilization of the fracture with the installation of 5 dental implants with immediate loading. After 1 year of postoperative follow-up, the facial contour along with the occlusion were reestablished. Radiographically, it was found the proper placement of plates and screws with correct baseline realignment and maintenance of implant-supported prosthesis. Conclusion: In this case report with follow-up of 18 months, the functional prosthetic rehabilitation and immediate aesthetic with immediate loading system, after reduction and fixation of mandibular fractures proved to be a good treatment option.

Some aspects of bone remodeling around dental implants

ABSTRACT: Considering that success of dental implants is not only related to osseointegration, but also with their survival rates, the aim of this study was to perform a literature review about bone remodeling around osseointegrated implants. A detailed search strategy was used for this, and articles published between the years 1930 and 2012 were selected. The rare data found in the literature demonstrated that implants are osseointegrated 30 days after their placement. However, active bone remodeling with osteoclasts and osteoblasts working in synchrony continues to occur. Therefore, after osseointegration, the initially formed bone, which presents characteristics of spongy bone, is gradually resorbed and replaced by compact bone after 90 days. Furthermore, other portions of bone tissue a little more distant from the interface, which establish direct contact with the implant, are also damaged during the drilling process, and therefore, they also need to be remodeled. Among the rare studies found in the literature about bone remodeling after osseointegration, there were no verified studies on the possible influence of implant surface treatments on bone remodeling that occurs after osseointegration. Only studies involving implants with machined surfaces have been conducted up to now.

Cirugía de elevación del seno asociada con pseudoquiste antral y mucocele / Sinus lifting surgery associated with antral pseudocyst and mucocele

Introducción: pseudoquistes y quistes verdaderos de los maxilares son contraindicaciones para cirugías de aumento de volumen óseo en la región posterior de la maxila. Objetivo: describir dos casos de pacientes con transtornos en los senos maxilares (pseudoquiste y quiste verdadero del maxilar) en senos maxilares neumatizados que necesitaban reconstrucción ósea, para posterior rehabilitacion con implantes oseointegrados. Presentación de casos: se presentan dos casos clínicos en que la planificación quirúrgica consistió en la remoción de la lesión y simultánea elevación del suelo del seno maxilar. En el primer caso, pseudoquiste antral, se procedió a la aspiración del contenido quístico previamente a la elevación de la membrana de Schneider. En el segundo caso, quiste verdadero del seno maxilar, se realizó la remoción completa de la lesión quística. En ambos casos no hubo perforación de la membrana, y el hueso bovino inorgánico fue utilizado como material de relleno. La instalación de los implantes fueron después de 7 meses de la cirugía de elevación de seno. Los controles clínicos y tomográficos mostraron adecuada oseointegración de los implantes y ausencia de recidiva y/o restos de la lesión. Conclusiones: el quiste verdadero del seno maxilar causa la destrucción de las paredes óseas y debe ser removido previamente a las cirugías de elevación sinusal. Ningún tratamiento es indicado para el pseudoquiste antral, teniendo claro que la lesión no representa necesariamente una contraindicación para la elevación de la membrana sinusal y colocación de injerto óseo para implantes. Mientras tanto, la aspiración previa de contenido líquido del pseudoquiste evita posibles complicaciones infecciosas posoperatorias(AU)

Introduction: maxillary pseudocysts and true cysts are contraindications for bone volume augmentation surgery in the posterior maxillary region. Objective: describe two cases of patients with maxillary sinus disorders (pseudocyst and true cyst) in pneumatized maxillary sinuses requiring bone reconstruction with a view to eventual rehabilitation with osseointegrated implants. Case presentation: two clinical cases are presented in which surgical planning consisted in lesion removal and simultaneous maxillary sinus floor elevation. In the first case, antral pseudocyst, aspiration was performed of the cystic content before elevation of the Schneiderian membrane. In the second case, true cyst of the maxillary sinus, total removal of the cystic lesion was performed. Membrane perforation did not occur in either case. Inorganic bovine bone was used as filler in both. Implantation was performed 7 months after sinus lifting surgery. Clinical and tomographic examination showed adequate implant osseointegration and absence of recurrence and/or lesion remnants. Conclusions: true maxillary sinus cysts cause bone wall destruction, and should be removed before performing sinus lifting surgery. No treatment is indicated for antral pseudocyst, for the lesion does not necessarily constitute a contraindication for sinus membrane lifting and bone graft placement for implantation. On the other hand, previous aspiration of the liquid content of the pseudocyst prevents possible postoperative infectious complications(AU)

Cirugía de elevación del seno asociada con pseudoquiste antral y mucocele / Sinus lifting surgery associated with antral pseudocyst and mucocele

Introducción: pseudoquistes y quistes verdaderos de los maxilares son contraindicaciones para cirugías de aumento de volumen óseo en la región posterior de la maxila. Objetivo: describir dos casos de pacientes con transtornos en los senos maxilares (pseudoquiste y quiste verdadero del maxilar) en senos maxilares neumatizados que necesitaban reconstrucción ósea, para posterior rehabilitacion con implantes oseointegrados. Presentación de casos: se presentan dos casos clínicos en que la planificación quirúrgica consistió en la remoción de la lesión y simultánea elevación del suelo del seno maxilar. En el primer caso, pseudoquiste antral, se procedió a la aspiración del contenido quístico previamente a la elevación de la membrana de Schneider. En el segundo caso, quiste verdadero del seno maxilar, se realizó la remoción completa de la lesión quística. En ambos casos no hubo perforación de la membrana, y el hueso bovino inorgánico fue utilizado como material de relleno. La instalación de los implantes fueron después de 7 meses de la cirugía de elevación de seno. Los controles clínicos y tomográficos mostraron adecuada oseointegración de los implantes y ausencia de recidiva y/o restos de la lesión. Conclusiones: el quiste verdadero del seno maxilar causa la destrucción de las paredes óseas y debe ser removido previamente a las cirugías de elevación sinusal. Ningún tratamiento es indicado para el pseudoquiste antral, teniendo claro que la lesión no representa necesariamente una contraindicación para la elevación de la membrana sinusal y colocación de injerto óseo para implantes. Mientras tanto, la aspiración previa de contenido líquido del pseudoquiste evita posibles complicaciones infecciosas posoperatorias(AU)

Introduction: maxillary pseudocysts and true cysts are contraindications for bone volume augmentation surgery in the posterior maxillary region. Objective: describe two cases of patients with maxillary sinus disorders (pseudocyst and true cyst) in pneumatized maxillary sinuses requiring bone reconstruction with a view to eventual rehabilitation with osseointegrated implants. Case presentation: two clinical cases are presented in which surgical planning consisted in lesion removal and simultaneous maxillary sinus floor elevation. In the first case, antral pseudocyst, aspiration was performed of the cystic content before elevation of the Schneiderian membrane. In the second case, true cyst of the maxillary sinus, total removal of the cystic lesion was performed. Membrane perforation did not occur in either case. Inorganic bovine bone was used as filler in both. Implantation was performed 7 months after sinus lifting surgery. Clinical and tomographic examination showed adequate implant osseointegration and absence of recurrence and/or lesion remnants. Conclusions: true maxillary sinus cysts cause bone wall destruction, and should be removed before performing sinus lifting surgery. No treatment is indicated for antral pseudocyst, for the lesion does not necessarily constitute a contraindication for sinus membrane lifting and bone graft placement for implantation. On the other hand, previous aspiration of the liquid content of the pseudocyst prevents possible postoperative infectious complications(AU)

Comparison of Two Screw-Retained Free Gingival Grafting Techniques.

Free gingival graft is a predictable technique for increasing the amount of attached gingiva and root coverage; however, its use is limited for cosmetic reasons. To overcome this issue, this study sought to compare 2 free gingival graft techniques that use oral screws to attach grafts. Free gingival graft was performed on teeth 44 to 46 using the traditional technique, while on the opposite side, on teeth 34 to 36, partly epithelialized free gingival grafts were performed. The partly epithelialized free gingival grafts were found to provide better cosmetic results relative to the completely epithelialized free gingival graft, and the use of stabilizing screws was found to be simple and effective.

Squamous cell carcinoma from oral lichen planus: a case report of a lesion with 28 years of evolution.

Lichen planus (LP) is a relatively common mucocutaneous disease with autoimmune etiology. Considering its malignancy potential, it is important to define the correct diagnosis, treatment, and clinical follow-up for patients with LP so that the disease is not diagnosed late, thus hindering the chances of curing the disease. This study aims to describe a clinical case of oral squamous cell carcinoma, potentially originated from LP. The patient is undergoing clinical and histopathological follow-up. A 64-year-old Caucasian male patient presented with a proliferative verrucous lesion on the tongue and sought treatment at the School of Dentistry, University of Passo Fundo (UPF), Passo Fundo, Brazil. He claimed the lesion had been present since 1988, and had been initially diagnoses as "oral lichen planus." The physical exam presented three diagnostic hypotheses: plaque-like oral LP, verrucous carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma. After incisional biopsy and histopathological analysis, squamous cell carcinoma was diagnosed, probably originating from oral LP. The case study shows that malignancy from oral LP is possible, which justifies periodic clinical and histopathological follow-up, as well as the elimination of risk factors for carcinoma in patients with oral LP.

Zygomatic Implant Subjected to Immediate Loading for Atrophic Maxilla Rehabilitation.

As life expectancy increases, a larger number of elderly people require dental health care attention for implant-supported rehabilitation, with the aim of restoring the function and aesthetics of the oral cavity. Most of these patients have lost their teeth long time ago, causing a severe bone resorption and maxillary sinus pneumatization. Therefore, the current study aims to demonstrate, through the description of the clinical case, the treatment with zygomatic implants as an option for treating severely atrophic maxillas. In this clinical study, the patient presented, in the clinical and image evaluation, severe alveolar bone atrophy, with height and thickness loss, in addition to a high-level pneumatization of the maxillary sinus, bilaterally. The classical zygomatic fixation technique was suggested, with 2 anterior conventional implants and 2 zygomatic implants in the posterior region with the placement of implant-supported prosthesis with immediate loading. The patient was monitored for 7 years and did not present pain complaints, absence of infection, or implant loss. Based on this clinical case study, it was concluded that the zygomatic implants are satisfactory options to aid the implant-supported rehabilitation of atrophic maxillas.

Accuracy of computer-guided surgery / La precisión de la cirugía guiada por ordenador

Dental implant fixation techniques are widely studied in order to reduce surgical morbidity. Computer-guided flapless surgery has been considered an efficient alternative that presents several advantages and some limitations. This technique allows the virtual planning and simulation of the prosthetic-surgical treatment that can help predict the difficulties and limitations in order to reduce possible errors. In addition to the prosthetic predictability, computer-guided surgery enhances accuracy and reduces surgical morbidity. Thus, the aim of this study was to report on a 7-year follow-up of immediately loaded implants inserted into an edentulous maxilla using virtual planning and flapless surgery.

Las técnicas de fijación del implante dental se estudian ampliamente para reducir la morbilidad quirúrgica. La cirugía sin flapless guiada por ordenador ha sido considerada como una alternativa eficiente con varias ventajas y algunas limitaciones. Esta técnica permite la planificación virtual y simulación del tratamiento protésico quirúrgico con la predicción de las dificultades y limitaciones para reducir posibles errores. Además de la previsibilidad de prótesis, la cirugía guiada por ordenador mejora la precisión y reduce la morbilidad quirúrgica. Por lo tanto, el objetivo de este estudio fue reportar a 5 años de seguimiento de los implantes de carga inmediata insertados en un maxilar desdentado utilizando la planificación virtual y la cirugía sin colgajo. El presente caso prospectivo informó el éxito del tratamiento y destacó la importancia de la planificación, lo que justifica el costo de esta tecnología.

Evaluation of bone substitutes for treatment of peri-implant bone defects: biomechanical, histological, and immunohistochemical analyses in the rabbit tibia.

PURPOSE: We sought to evaluate the effectiveness of bone substitutes in circumferential peri-implant defects created in the rabbit tibia. METHODS: Thirty rabbits received 45 implants in their left and right tibia. A circumferential bone defect (6.1 mm in diameter/4 mm depth) was created in each rabbit tibia using a trephine bur. A dental implant (4.1 mm × 8.5 mm) was installed after the creation of the defect, providing a 2-mm gap. The bone defect gaps between the implant and the bone were randomly filled according to the following groups: blood clot (CO), particulate Bio-Oss(®) (BI), and Bio-Oss(®) Collagen (BC). Ten animals were euthanized after periods of 15, 30, and 60 days. Biomechanical analysis by means of the removal torque of the implants, as well as histologic and immunohistochemical analyses for protein expression of osteocalcin (OC), Runx2, OPG, RANKL, and TRAP were evaluated. RESULTS: For biomechanics, BC showed a better biological response (61.00±15.28 Ncm) than CO (31.60±14.38 Ncm) at 30 days. Immunohistochemical analysis showed significantly different OC expression in CO and BC at 15 days, and also between the CO and BI groups, and between the CO and BC groups at 60 days. After 15 days, Runx2 expression was significantly different in the BI group compared to the CO and BC groups. RANKL expression was significantly different in the BI and CO groups and between the BI and BC groups at 15 days, and also between the BI and CO groups at 60 days. OPG expression was significantly higher at 60 days postoperatively in the BI group than the CO group. CONCLUSIONS: Collectively, our data indicate that, compared to CO and BI, BC offered better bone healing, which was characterized by greater RUNX2, OC, and OPG immunolabeling, and required greater reversal torque for implant removal. Indeed, along with BI, BC presents promising biomechanical and biological properties supporting its possible use in osteoconductive grafts for filling peri-implant gaps.

Autogenous bone grafts contamination after exposure to the oral cavity.

The purpose of this paper was to analyze specimens of autogenous bone block grafts exposed to the oral cavity after ridge reconstructions. Specimens of chronic suppurative osteomyelitis (CSO) of the jaws were used as comparison for bacterial colonization pattern. For this, 5 specimens of infected autogenous bone grafts were used and 10 specimens of CSO embedded in paraffin were stained with Brown and Brenn technique and analyzed under light microscopy. The results showed a similar colonization pattern in both situations, with the establishment of bacterial biofilm and the predominance of Gram-positive bacteria. The conclusion was that the similarity in bacterial distribution and colonization between autogenous bone grafts and CSO stresses the necessity of more invasive procedures for the treatment of the autogenous bone grafts early exposed to the oral cavity.

Evaluation of bone heating, drill deformation, and drill roughness after implant osteotomy: guided surgery and classic drilling procedure.

PURPOSE: This study evaluated and compared bone heating, drill deformation, and drill roughness after several implant osteotomies in the guided surgery technique and the classic drilling procedure. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The tibias of 20 rabbits were used. The animals were divided into a guided surgery group (GG) and a control group (CG); subgroups were then designated (G0, G1, G2, G3, and G4, corresponding to drills used 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40 times, respectively). Each animal received 10 sequential osteotomies (5 in each tibia) with each technique. Thermal changes were quantified, drill roughness was measured, and the drills were subjected to scanning electron microscopy. RESULTS: Bone temperature generated by drilling was significantly higher in the GG than in the CG. Drill deformation in the GG and CG increased with drill use, and in the CG a significant difference between G0 and groups G3 and G4 was observed. In the GG, a significant difference between G0 and all other groups was found. For GG versus CG, a significant difference was found in the 40th osteotomy. Drill roughness in both groups was progressive in accordance with increased use, but there was no statistically significant difference between subgroups or between GG and CG overall. CONCLUSION: During preparation of implant osteotomies, the guided surgery technique generated a higher bone temperature and deformed drills more than the classic drilling procedure. The increase in tissue temperature was directly proportional to the number of times drills were used, but neither technique generated critical necrosis-inducing temperatures. Drill deformation was directly proportional to the number of times the drills were used. The roughness of the drills was directly proportional to the number of reuses in both groups but tended to be higher in the GG group.

Block bone graft fixation (onlay): a modification of the surgical technique.

Several reconstructive methods of the alveolar ridge have been reported to make possible future rehabilitations with implants. Many of these methods come from studies done in animals, mainly rats. With this clinical practice based on scientific evidence, any experimental procedure that can be undertaken in real life is fundamental. Thus, any research that emulates as closely as possible those techniques used in humans are important. This study describes the modification of the technique for block bone graft fixation (onlay) in rats using the "lag screw"-type technique, normally used in clinical procedures for grafts in humans. The conclusion was that the execution of the described procedures minimizes interference of blood flow in the area because of the maintenance of the muscle insertion in the buckle aspect of the most anterior region of the mandible, providing better stability to the graft and better contact interface of the graft and receptor bed.

Incomplete mandibular fracture after lateralization of the inferior alveolar nerve for implant placement.

PURPOSE: The present case describes an inferior alveolar nerve lateralization for implant placement that caused mandible fracture a few days after surgery. CLINICAL REPORT: In this case, a 56-year-old female patient who had a severely atrophied jaw and showing bone height less than 7 mm from the bone crest and the mandibular canal was submitted to surgery lateralization of the inferior alveolar conducted with piezzo. Even with all postoperative care, the patient suffered an incomplete fracture of the mandible a few days after lateralization of the inferior alveolar nerve for implant placement. The patient was treated with soft diet and medications for pain and antibiotics, besides removing the implant associated with the fracture. CONCLUSION: It is suggested that this procedure may be conducted in 2 operative periods: firstly, the lateralization of the inferior alveolar; and secondly, after a period of 3 months, the implant placement in a situation of more bone stability.

Guided implant surgery: what is the influence of this new technique on bone cell viability?

PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of implant osteotomy on immediate bone cell viability, comparing guided surgery for implant placement with the classic drilling procedure. MATERIALS AND METHODS: For this study, 20 rabbits were used. The animals were divided into a guided surgery group (GG) and a control group (CG) and were then divided into 4 subgroups--subgroups 1, 2, 3, and 4--corresponding to drills used 10, 20, 30, and 40 times, respectively. All animals received 5 osteotomies in each tibia, by use of the classic drilling procedure in one tibia and guided surgery in the other tibia. The osteotomized areas were removed and processed immunohistochemically for detection of osteocalcin, receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand (RANKL), osteoprotegerin (OPG), and caspase 3. RESULTS: Immunohistochemical analysis showed that osteocalcin expression was initially higher in the CG and remained constant after drill reutilization. Although the expressions of RANKL and OPG were not statistically different for the GG and CG, the RANKL/OPG ratio tended to be higher for the GG. Moreover, caspase 3 expression was elevated in the GG, proportionally to the number of osteotomies, indicating an increase in the apoptosis index in the GG. CONCLUSIONS: The classic drilling procedure is more favorable to cell viability than guided surgery.

Maxillary bone defect reconstruction using porous polyethylene implants.

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the bone repair process in the maxillary sinus in monkeys treated with high-density porous polyethylene (Medpor) METHODS: Four capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) were submitted to bilateral horizontal osteotomies in the anterior wall of the maxillary sinus and divided into 2 groups: control group, left side with no implants, and porous polyethylene group, right side with Medpor. After a period of 145 days after implant placement, the maxillae were removed for histologic and histometric analyses. RESULTS: Bone repair in osteotomized areas took place by connective tissue in 58.5% and 58.7% in the control group and the porous polyethylene group, respectively. In the contact surface with Medpor, bone repair occurred in 41.3%. CONCLUSIONS: Medpor was not reabsorbed within the period of this study and allowed bone repair surrounding it. The porous polyethylene constitutes a feasible alternative for bone defect reconstruction.

Periodontal and prosthetic biologic considerations to restore biological width in posterior teeth.

The biologic width is an essential dental space that always needs to be maintained to ensure periodontal health in any dental prosthetic restorations. An iatrogenic partial fixed prosthesis constructed in lower posterior teeth predisposed the development of subgingival caries, which induced violation of the biologic width in involved teeth, resulting in an uncontrolled inflammatory process and periodontal tissue destruction. This clinical report describes a periodontal surgical technique to recover a violated biologic width in lower posterior teeth, by crown lengthening procedure associated with free gingival graft procedure, to ensure the possibility to place a modified partial fixed prosthesis in treated area. The procedure applied to recover the biologic width was crown lengthening with some modifications, associated with modified partial fixed prosthesis to achieve health in treated area. The modified techniques in both surgical and prosthetic procedures were applied to compensate the contraindications to recover biologic width by osteotomy in lower posterior teeth. The result, after 4 years under periodic control, seems to achieve the projected goal. Treating a dental diseased area is necessary to diagnose, eliminate, or control all etiologic factors involved in the process. When the traditional methods are not effective to recover destructed tissues, an alternative, compensatory, and adaptive procedure may be applied to restore the sequelae of the disease, applying a restorative method that respects the biology of involved tissues.

Conservative treatment of odontogenic myxoma.

Odontogenic myxomas (OMs) are nonencapsulated rare benign tumors that can occur in gnathic bones. They are locally invasive and have a high recurrence rate. Radiologically, OMs show a multilocular (in the majority of cases) or unilocular radiolucency, with either distinct or poorly defined margins. Histopathologically, OMs are characterized by spindle-, wedge-, or stellate-shaped cells loosely arranged in an abundant mucoid background. Myxomas are mainly asymptomatic. Radical surgery, excision, and enucleation followed by curettage of the surrounding bony tissue have all been advocated as treatment options. This study presents a successful case of conservative treatment of OMs with a 5-year follow-up.