Most frequent tumors in maxillofacial area rehabilitated through surgical reconstruction and prostheses.
Cancer is regarded as the abnormal cellular multiplication; it is not controlled by the organism; and its cells present a differentiated DNA. Initially, the disease does not show clinical signs, but it can be diagnosed by laboratorial examinations. When tumors are present in the maxillofacial area, they can entail the loss of these area organs, which become responsible for the carrier's social environment exclusion. This paper aimed at showing, through a literature review, the cancers that more commonly happen in the face and the possibilities of regenerating in the patient mutilated through surgical reconstruction and prostheses.
Goiato
Marcelo Coelho
MC
Department of Dentistry Materials and Prosthesis, University of the State of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. goiato@foa.unesp.br
dos Santos
Daniela Micheline
DM
Haddad
Marcela Filié
MF
Pesqueira
Aldiéris Alves
AA
de Carvalho Dekon
Stefan Fiúza
SF
Zavanelli
Adriana Cristina
AC
D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery