Comprehensive prosthetic rehabilitation of a patient with partial finger amputations using silicone biomaterial: A technical note.
Finger and partial finger amputations are some of the most frequently encountered forms of partial hand loss. A high quality aesthetic prosthesis with passive function can be helpful to the patient since loss or congenital absence or malformation have both a social and psychological impact on the patient. Prosthetics is an art and science which provides a lifelike appearance to the lost structures of the patient. This case report presents the fabrication of a silicone finger prosthesis which had good suspension, adequate function, was comfortable to use and aesthetically acceptable to the patient.
Department of Prosthodontics, Rural Dental College, Loni, Maharashtra, India. kini77@gmail.com
Ashwini Y
AY
Kini
Preeti P
PP
Byakod
Gangadhar S
GS
Angadi
Umesh
U
Pai
Aruna J
AJ
Bhandari
D000328:Adult; D000672:Amputation Stumps; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D003102:Colloids; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005385:Fingers / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008422:Materials Testing; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012828:Silicones; D014885:Waxes
D003102:Colloids; D012828:Silicones; D014885:Waxes