title: Prosthodontic rehabilitation of a patient with total avulsion of the maxilla: a clinical report.
abstract: Patients with complete avulsion of the palate may require extensive surgical and prosthodontic rehabilitation. The prosthesis should replace not only missing teeth but also lost soft tissues and bone, including the hard palate, residual alveolar ridges, and in some situations, the soft palate. This clinical report describes the prosthetic rehabilitation, after appropriate surgical options had been exhausted, of a patient with bilateral traumatic avulsion of the maxilla.
authors.affiliation: School of Oral Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. 034syk@cosmos.wits.ac.za
authors.forename: Leanne M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Sykes
authors.forename: Johan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Wolfaardt
authors.forename: Ashwin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sukha
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003779:Denture Design; D003781:Denture Retention / Q000379:methods; D003827:Denture, Complete, Upper; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla / Q000293:injuries*; D008446:Maxillofacial Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008447:Maxillofacial Prosthesis; D010158:Palatal Obturators; D021362:Palate, Hard / Q000293:injuries*; D011474:Prosthesis Design