Maxillofacial rehabilitation after rhinectomy using two different treatment options: clinical reports.
The aim of these clinical reports was to describe two different approaches to prosthetic rehabilitation after facial disfigurement because of a total rhinectomy. A man with a total rhinectomy was scheduled for craniofacial implants in the nasal residual defect. Three oral implants were used instead of craniofacial ones. A conventional framework was designed to connect the prosthesis to the implant abutments in the anterior nasal floor, and a custom-made ball attachment was positioned in the glabella abutment. A woman with a free rectum abdomis flap covering the defect of the middle face was scheduled for a nasal prosthesis. A titanium framework with a novel connection between the eyeglasses and the prosthesis was manufactured. The two clinical reports presented in this article illustrate favourable clinical treatment outcomes in the rehabilitation of disfigurement.
Ciocca
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Section of Prosthodontics, Department of Oral Science, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, and Maxillo-Facial Department, Bellaria Hospital, Italy. lciocca@alma.unibo.it
Maremonti
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Bianchi
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Scotti
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D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008447:Maxillofacial Prosthesis; D019931:Maxillofacial Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000601:surgery; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D015050:Zygoma / Q000601:surgery