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For a rehabilitation of mandibular edentulous patient whose posterior alveolar bone is severely resorbed, all-on-X concept is considered for esthetic and functional treatment option. this concept includes four or more implants which is located in an anterior area with immediate dental implant loading of fixed prosthesis after the implant installation. in this case, the temporary denture which is well-fabricated and favorably adapted to patient, is used for making 3-dimensional printed implant surgical guide, provisional fixed prosthesis and a final restoration with a digital technology. this digital workflow is not only for planning the accurate position of several implants, but also for esthetically and functionally well-fabricated final restoration. it is an efficient and well-acceptable result for the patient who is already adapted to the temporary denture. a whole treatment period can be shortened by transferring a maxillomandibular relationship of temporary denture to the final prostheses. (J Korean Dent Assoc 2025; 63(7): 216-222)
Angioleiomyoma, also known as vascular myoma or vascular leiomyoma, is a rare benign tumor originating from smooth muscle cells of the tunica media of blood vessels, characterized by numerous blood vessels and spindle- shaped smooth muscle cells. A 40-year-old Korean female was referred with a 14 × 8 × 6 mm pedunculated, elastic mass on the right hard palate. She reported the lesion had been present for one year without pain or noticeable growth. MRI showed a uniform signal pattern with heterogeneous hypo-intensity on T1-weighted and hyper-intensity on T2-weighted images. The tumor was excised under local anesthesia. Histopathology showed cytoplasmic positivity for SMA, Desmin, and Caldesmon, and negativity for pan-cytokeratin, S-100, CD31, CD34, and HMB45. Based on these findings, the lesion was diagnosed as angioleiomyoma. This represents the first re- ported case of angioleiomyoma occurring in the hard palate in Korea. (J Korean Dent Assoc 2025; 63(7): 0-0)
Autologous buccal fat pad graft is widely utilized for the closure of oroantral and oronasal fistulas, as well as for reconstructing intraoral post-operative soft tissue defects. However, its primary use is as a pedicled flap, which may lead to complications such as necrosis, graft failure, hematoma, infection, facial nerve injury, arterial bleed- ing, donor site morbidity, trismus, wound dehiscence, and excessive granulomatous tissue formation. To address these limitations, numerous clinical reports have emerged advocating the use of buccal fat free grafts. In this manuscript, buccal fat free graft was performed on a 26-year-old female patient following the removal of a pleo- morphic adenoma on the palatal side, resulting in successful healing. This illustrates that buccal fat free graft may be an effective surgical method for the reconstruction of various intraoral defects. (J Korean Dent Assoc 2025; 63(7): 0-0)
