Surgical preparation of small mouth vestibule in elderly patients with the absence of teeth on the lower jaw

Maksimova Natalia Vladimirovna, Astashina Natalia Borisovna

Purpose. Evaluation of the effectiveness of collagen membrane COLLOST when closing the wound surface during surgical correction of the mouth vestibule in patients with a complete absence of teeth in the lateral areas of the lower jaw. Methods. 18 patients were operated with Clark's technique of deepening of the oral cavity vestibule. The wound surface was closed by Collost collagen membrane during the operation in patients of the main group (10 people), and the wound surface was left open in patients of the comparison group (8 people) and the wound was healed by secondary tension. Results. Based on the results of surgical correction of the oral cavity vestibule in the lateral parts of the lower jaw, it was revealed that when using the Collost collagen membrane, patients do not have a wound surface in the area of the newly formed vestibule of the oral cavity, there is no pain effect and the depth of the vestibule is formed by 3-5 mm more from the initial values. Summary. Application of collagen membrane COLLOST is to be recommended when conducting vestibuloplasty operations with the aim of closing the wound surface of the newly formed vestibule of the oral cavity.

Keywords:removable prosthetics, collagen membrane, COLLOST, vestibuloplasty