title: Enhancing facial esthetics by other modalities.
abstract: Preprosthetic surgeries are generally dealt with surgical procedures performed to facilitate fabrication of prosthesis or improve the prognosis of prosthodontic care. In general the surgical procedures include various soft and hard tissue procedures which are restricted intraorally. Maxillofacial prosthodontics is not restricted to restorations performed intra-orally. Various extraoral surgical procedures have come into light in the recent past which helps to improve the prosthodontic outcome of craniofacial region. The current paper tries to elaborate various minimally invasive cosmetic reconstructive procedures and materials available in recent times.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, MNR Dental College, Sangareddy 502 294, India.
authors.forename: Thotapalli
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suman