The Use of Pedicled Buccal Fat Pad Graft in Dental Surgery: Case Reports

Kim,  Young-Kyun; Yun,  Pil-Young; Lee,  Chang-Su

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 41(9); 2003 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 2003;41(9):637-646.
Published online September 30, 2003.

치과 수술에서 유경 협지방대의 이용: 증례보고

김영균¹, 윤필영², 이창수³

^¹분당서울대학교병원 치과 구강악안면외과
^²분당서울대학교병원 치과 구강악안면외과
^³분당제생병원 치과 구강악안면외과

The Use of Pedicled Buccal Fat Pad Graft in Dental Surgery: Case Reports

Young-Kyun Kim¹, Pil-Young Yun², Chang-Su Lee³

Abstract

Euccal fat pad is special fat tissue which is different from subdermal fat. Anatomically, buccal fat pad is easy to harvest in the course of dental surgery procedure. In 1802, it was introduced by Bichat, Since Egyedi used buccal fat pad flap for the closure of oro-antral fistula and oro-nasal fistula, it has been widely used as an alternative method for the reconstruction of small to medium-sized intraoral defects in oral and mzxillofacial surgery. Kim et al. reported successful results in the all cases they applied buccal fat pad for the reconstruction of intraoral defect from their 31 months follow-up data. Because intraonal wounds are difficult to complete the layered suture and there are high risks of infection related with wound dental implant surgery, double layer closure using some kind of local flaps or other procedure is recommended. So we are to introduce the useful applications of the pedicled buccal fat pad in the dental surgery procedure from the various case presentations.