European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

Buccal fat pad is an extremely good graft which is used in oral and maxillofacial surgeries. It was recognized in the early seventeenth century, but its use was popularized after the eighteenth century . This article is a brief review on the applications of buccal pad of fat in oral and maxillofacial surgery such as reconstructive procedures , oroantral fistula, oral sub-mucous fibrosis, resections, reconstructions cases.