title: Combination lower lip prosthesis retained by an intraoral component.
abstract: Patients who have had a partial or full surgical resection of the maxillary or mandibular lip experience difficulties with articulation of speech, swallowing, and salivary control. This is further complicated by significant alterations in facial esthetics and lowered self-esteem. This clinical treatment will describe the fabrication of a two-piece tooth-retained maxillofacial prosthesis. An intraoral retentive portion and an extraoral section restoring lip anatomy were attached by retentive elements. This prosthesis restored the patient's esthetics, oral function, and self-esteem.
authors: Resident in Graduate Prosthodontics, New York Hospital, Queens, NY, USA.
authors: Helios A
authors: HA
authors: Zeno
authors: Sidney S
authors: SS
authors: Sternberger
authors: Frank J
authors: FJ
authors: Tuminelli
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Billotte
authors: Kenneth S
authors: KS
authors: Kurtz
mesh_terms: D000497:Alloys / Q000737:chemistry; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D002858:Chromium Alloys / Q000737:chemistry; D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry; D003679:Deglutition / Q000502:physiology; D004954:Esthetics; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000502:physiology; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008768:Methylmethacrylates / Q000737:chemistry; D008875:Middle Aged; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000737:chemistry; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D017797:Prosthesis Coloring / Q000379:methods; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D060489:Prosthesis Retention / Q000295:instrumentation; D012826:Silicone Elastomers / Q000737:chemistry; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys; D002858:Chromium Alloys; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D011108:Polymers; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; C472721:Wironit; C018801:acetal copolymer; D003035:Cobalt; D009532:Nickel; C009931:poly(ethylmethacrylate); D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate
keywords: Lip prosthesis; maxillofacial prosthesis; silicone prosthesis