Fig. 1

Preoperative images. a, b Frontal and lateral facial aspects of the patient, showing extensive deformity in the lower third of the face as a result of mandibulectomy. c A panoramic radiograph shows, on the right side, the ramus, the angle of the mandible and the retromandibular area; on the left side, remnants of the ascending ramus, from the mandibular foramen on. (Reproduced from Puricelli and Chem, 1985 [11], with permission from RGO – Revista Gaucha de Odontologia, ISSN 0103–6971). d Facial teleradiography