A number of surgical procedures have been advocatedfor the reconstruction of defects in the oral cavityafter ablative surgery. This includes primaryclosures, skin grafts, local regional and distantflaps. The choice of a flap for reconstruction isgoverned by the type and size of defects and theadvantages and disadvantages of the variousreconstructive options.A large number of local methods have beensuccessfully employed for intraoral reconstructionsuch as oral mucosal flaps, my mucosal island flaps,tongue flaps, local muscular flaps such as temporalisor sternoceiodomastoid transfer and buccal...