title: Most frequent tumors in maxillofacial area rehabilitated through surgical reconstruction and prostheses.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry Materials and Prosthesis, University of the State of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. goiato@foa.unesp.br
authors.forename: Marcelo Coelho
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Goiato
authors.forename: Daniela Micheline
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: Marcela Filié
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.forename: Aldiéris Alves
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Pesqueira
authors.forename: Stefan Fiúza
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: de Carvalho Dekon
authors.forename: Adriana Cristina
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Zavanelli
mesh_terms: 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