title: [Role of epitheses in the rehabilitation of substance losses of the face].
abstract: Epithesis with bone anchoring can be usefully envisaged for the rehabilitation of losses of facial substance when reconstructive surgery is impossible, either for local or general reasons. It is important to ensure that patients are offered both methods, the advantages and disadvantages of which are analysed in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Edouard Herriot, département d'O.R.L. et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Disant
mesh_terms: D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016348:Osseointegration; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013518:Surgery, Plastic