Abstract
This case report describes the oral rehabilitation of a 67-year-old male patient using vertical alveolar distraction with dental implants because of a severely atrophic mandible after a marginal mandibulectomy was performed to treat mandibular gingival squamous cell carcinoma (T3N0M0, stage III). The vertical distraction was performed about 2 years after the tumor ablation surgery, and resulted in sufficient bone and soft tissue augmentation and successful dental implant placement. The bone-anchored implant prosthesis enabled better oral functional rehabilitation by the patient for 1.5 years after loading, without tumor recurrence or metastasis.
