Autogenous Buccal Fat Pad in the Treatment of Oral Submucous Fibrosis: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Oral submucous fibrosis is a chronic diseased condition characterized by gradually increasing fibrosis of the oral cavity, mainly the buccal mucosa, anterior faucal pillars resulting in partial and gradually tending towards complete trismus if left untreated. The incidence of the disease ismainly in the Indian subcontinent, with its highest incidence in South India due to various deleterious habits. There are numerous medical modalities that can be used for the management of oral submucous fibrosis, but sometimes surgical intervention becomes inevitable. Various types of flaps have been used to reconstruct the surgical defects following surgical excision of fibrous bands, but it was seen that the use of autogenous buccal fat pad remains the most versatile because of its excellent blood supply and minimal donor site morbidity. Here we present a case of oral submucous fibrosis surgically treated and which was reconstructed using autogenous buccal pad of fat.