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Pedicled Buccal Flap Coverage of Jaw Angle Implants

Jaw angle augmentation with implants has become an increasingly popular aesthetic facial procedure for both men and women. It is performed through intraoral incisions that are located in the back of the mouth in the vestibule opposite the second and third molars. This provides access to the subperiosteal plane under the masseter muscle over the Read More…

Biologic Tissue Reactions around Jaw Angle Implants

The placement of implants on the facial bones, like implants placed anywhere in the body, causes well recognized tissue responses. The encapsulation of the implant by scar, known as a capsule, is the body’s method of separating ‘self from non-self’.  This capsule also serves to lock the implant down, creating a fixed and immoveable implant Read More…

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