State-of-the-art materials used for maxillofacial prosthetic reconstruction.
The present state-of-the-art rests primarily on three general types of polymeric materials based on chemical configurations, that of polyacrylates, polydimethylsiloxane, and segmented block polyetherurethanes. Each of these types is currently prominent in a wide range of dental prosthodontics and surgical prosthetics with continued chemical variants emerging to attain enhanced biocompatibility for safety and effectiveness. However, owing to the disproportionally lower demand, the state-of-the-art for maxillofacial restorative prosthetics has not focused adequately on the specific array of the properties needed for the ideal prosthesis. To approach the ideality will require synthesizing new molecular configurations adjusted with component structures either as block copolymers or as intermediate oligomers. The synthetic effects must have a comprehensive plan of immediate assessments on terms of biocompatibility for safety to orofacial tissues and effective durability against all conceivable deterioration of the chemical structure. Above all, inasmuch as the skilled art and techniques of maxillofacial prosthetics is a custom-made specialty allied to the prosthodontics, the improved material for ideality should be readily amenable to molding by the well-established dental stone mold technology, for reasons of cost and simplicity.
Maxillofacial Prosthetics Center, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Wilmington, Delaware.
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D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D006801:Humans; D008447:Maxillofacial Prosthesis; D011108:Polymers / Q000592:standards; D011474:Prosthesis Design
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D011108:Polymers