Surgical Management of OSMF With Coronoidectomy and Buccal Fat Pad Replacement - A Case Report

R. Balakrishnan, Vijay Ebenezer, B. Saravana Kumar and Muthumani

Department of Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospitals, Bharath University, Chennai, India.

ABSTRACT: Oral submucous fibrosis is a chronic, progressive, disabling and scarring disease that affects the entire oral cavity, sometimes the pharynx, and rarely the larynx which predominantly affects the people of southeast Asia. It is characterized by blanching and stiffness of the oral mucosa, which causes progressive limitation of mouth opening and intolerance/burning sensation to hot and spicy food and ulceration and pain. . Numerous non-surgical and surgical methods have been employed for treatment of this debiliting disease. In this article a case is being reported with severe oral submucous fibrosis which is surgically managed with coronoidectomy and buccal fat pad replacement.

KEYWORDS: Stiffness; surgical management; coronoidectomy;buccal fat pad replacement

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