Abstract
Introduction: The evolution of biomaterials has helped immensely the quality of reconstruction as well as the progress of medical specialties. The evolution of biomaterials for reconstruction has helped creating ones that are absorbable, look alike human tissues and contribute to daily activities of human body. Synthetic bone grafts, metal substitutes of bones and complex special tissues are the current therapeutic practice.
Material and methods: In this presentation maxillofascial reconstructions will be shown where Orthopaedic biomaterials have been successfully used.
Patients with large bone cysts that have been treated with or without grafting and titanium or stainless steel plates.
Patients with large bone defects of the mandible that were filled with bone grafts or absorbable membranes Patients with Ca of the mandible reconstruction with fibular graft and osteosynthesis.
Conclusion: The evolution of new biomaterials as well as the experience of Orthopaedic surgery has proved the essential step of contemporary Maxillofascial surgery.
The abstracts were prepared by Eleni Koutsoukou. Correspondence should be addressed to him at the Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (HAOST), 20, A. Fleming str, 15123 Marousi, Athens, Greece.
