Table 2.

Review of literature for the use of buccal fat pad (BFP) as interpositional material after gap arthroplasty in TMJ ankylosis

S No	Authors	N	Nature of study	Follow Up	Recurrence
1	Rattan V, 2006 [33]	2	Pilot study for BFP interposition	1–2 years	0
2	Ko EC et al., 2009 [47]	2	Intraoral gap arthroplasty and harvest of BFP with interposition	> 1 Year	0
3	Singh V, 2011[45]	10	Prospective non-comparative BFP interposition	0.5–2 Years	0
4	Singh V, 2012 [46]	10	BFP interposition with Sternoclavicular graft	6–9 Months	0
5	Gaba S et al., 2012 [34]	18	MRI study after BFP interposition	1 Year	0
6	Bansal V et al., 2015 [40]	11	USG study after BFP interposition	2–3 Years	0
7	Malhotra VL et al., 2019 [39]	10	Lateral arthroplasty with BFP interposition	0.5–2.5 Years	0
8	Roychoudhury et al., 2020 [41]	18	MRI evaluation after AF and BFP interposition	1 Year	0