[Congenital craniofacial pathology]

Abstract

The possibility of using compact nonresorbed hydroxyapatite ceramics as synthetic bone plastic materials is discussed. Results of follow-up of 11 patients with congenital and posttraumatic deformations of the craniofacial skeleton are analyzed, to whom hydroxyapatite-based ceramic blocks were implanted for both contour plasty and for repair of bone defects. Methods of the operations with hydroxyapatite-based implants and titanium devices for fixing bone fragments and ceramic blocks are described.