A Cone Bean Computer Tomography Investigation of the Newly Formed Mandibular Anterior Ridge following the Treatment of an Extended Comminuted Fracture: A 12-Year Follow-Up

<div>(a) OPT: postoperative treatment of the comminuted fracture with two osteosynthesis plates and two lag screws. (b) OPT: postoperative restoration of the switching gap with an adhesive bridge. (c) OPT: removal of an osteosynthesis plate at 10 months after the accident. (d) OPT: insertion of three Ankylos® implants with the dimensions <svg height="8.69875pt" id="M1" style="vertical-align:-0.3499298pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.34882 41.5989 8.69875" width="41.5989pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M285 378C315 398 338 416 353 432C373 451 384 474 384 503C384 579 325 635 236 635H235C182 635 136 610 108 579L65 516L85 496C110 533 150 575 205 575C258 575 300 543 300 481C300 407 232 369 141 339L147 310C163 315 188 321 211 321C268 321 338 284 338 192C338 94 288 40 217 40C160 40 119 68 93 91C85 98 77 97 69 91C60 84 47 71 46 58C44 46 48 35 62 22C75 10 116 -12 162 -12C234 -12 424 62 424 224C424 297 373 359 285 376V378Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,6.24,0)"><path d="M113 -12C146 -12 170 11 170 46C170 78 146 103 114 103S58 78 58 46C58 11 82 -12 113 -12Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,9.204,0)"><path d="M153 550H386L412 615L406 623H120L82 318C104 327 142 338 184 338C294 338 347 275 347 187C347 112 305 39 221 39C160 39 119 71 97 89C88 97 80 96 71 90C59 80 50 67 49 57C48 45 52 36 66 23C80 9 123 -12 169 -12C221 -11 288 15 342 59C403 109 431 165 431 225C431 308 366 395 238 395C212 395 165 379 127 364L153 550Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,18.35,0)"><path d="M528 54L331 254L528 455L492 493L294 291L96 493L60 455L257 254L60 54L96 16L294 217L492 16L528 54Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,28.886,0)"><path d="M384 0V27C293 34 287 42 287 114V635C232 613 172 594 109 583V559L157 557C201 555 205 550 205 499V114C205 42 199 34 109 27V0H384Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,35.126,0)"><path d="M456 178V225H360V632H320C217 496 115 347 20 206V178H280V106C280 40 276 34 189 27V0H445V27C364 34 360 39 360 106V178H456ZM280 225H82C149 335 214 431 278 520H280V225Z"></path></g></svg> mm. (e) OPT: after inserting the three Ankylos® implants, the switching gap was closed again with an adhesive bridge. (f) OPT: definitive restoration of the implants with a metal-ceramic bridge in the anterior part of the mandible.</div>

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Figure 3: A Cone Bean Computer Tomography Investigation of the Newly Formed Mandibular Anterior Ridge following the Treatment of an Extended Comminuted Fracture: A 12-Year Follow-Up 

Figure 3 | A Cone Bean Computer Tomography Investigation of the Newly Formed Mandibular Anterior Ridge following the Treatment of an Extended Comminuted Fracture: A 12-Year Follow-Up 