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Participants
Start Date
June 30, 1997
Primary Completion Date
May 31, 2003
Study Completion Date
May 31, 2003
Implant
A total of 62 patients with early oral cancer will be recruited; in addition, 22 patients requiring a partial maxillectomy and 40 requiring a partial lateral mandibulectomy will be enrolled. The mandibular defects will be reconstructed with fibula free flap surgery. Following a healing period, implants will be placed and permitted to heal unloaded for six months. Conventional dental prostheses will be fabricated and used by patients for at least 16 weeks during Phase I healing before the implants are exposed and loaded. A few weeks after Phase II surgery, the patients will receive implant-supported dental prostheses.
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
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