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Use of Buccal Fat Pad in Facial Cosmetic Surgery

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The buccal fat pad is an invaluable source of vascularized soft tissue rich with multi-potent cellules in the maxillofacial region, used mainly for reconstructive purposes. With limitations of using regional soft tissues in the head and neck, a buccal fat pedicle graft provides an excellent alternative in managing a broad range of defects in maxillofacial patients with a history of resective surgery, oro-antral fistulas, trauma, clefts, medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ), osteoradionecrosis, TMJ disorders, and more recently periimplantitis. Partial removal of the buccal fat is also being extensively used as a key piece in the esthetic surgical treatment plan for patients with buccal fat hypertrophy. In this chapter a brief introduction to the anatomy and physiology of the buccal fat pad will be put forth, and clinical applications of the buccal fat as either a free or pedicled flap will be discussed at length.

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  1. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shiraz Dental Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran

    Alireza Mohammadi

  2. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Implant Research Center, Tehran Dental Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

    Ali Hassani & Omidreza Fazlisalehi

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  1. Co-investigator, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    Seied Omid Keyhan

  2. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    Tirbod Fattahi

  3. Department of Surgery, Georgia Oral and Facial Reconstructive Surgery, Northside Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Shahrokh C. Bagheri

  4. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Behnam Bohluli

  5. Universal Network of Interdisciplinary Research in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (UNIROMS), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran

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Mohammadi, A., Hassani, A., Fazlisalehi, O. (2021). Use of Buccal Fat Pad in Facial Cosmetic Surgery. In: Keyhan, S.O., Fattahi, T., Bagheri, S.C., Bohluli, B., Amirzade-Iranaq, M.H. (eds) Integrated Procedures in Facial Cosmetic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46993-1_71

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