A case of mandibular ameloblastoma in an infant treated by dredging technique

Abstract

  The principal treatment for ameloblastoma is resection of the mandible. In the case of the resection of the mandible, in young patients, there are a number of complications, such as loss of jaw bone support, dysfunction, facial deformity and psychological distress.“Dredging technique” a new treatment method that eradicates the tumor and restores the normal form and function of the jaw in order to overcome these disadvantages.“Dredging technique” is a conservative surgical procedure in which, after deflation and enucleation or only enucleation, repeated dredging is applied to accelerate new bone formation by removing the scar tissue from the bone cavity. We obtained an excellent result by using this treatment method for the ameloblastoma caused in the mandibular of a 14-year-old child.