Development of a Workflow for Designing Patient-Specific Mandibular Reconstruction Implants and Predicting their Performance through Experimentally Validated Finite Element Models

Restoration of the normal mandibular form and function is attempted with reconstructive surgery. The current standard procedure to restore continuity defects of the mandible involves free tissue transfer with an autologous bone flap. Even though the success rates are high, several critical drawbacks have been associated with this procedure,...