title: Significant improvement in temporary dental rehabilitation by notable miniplate application in the hard palate for a patient with a large anterior maxillary defect: a case report/technique article.
abstract: The present report describes the application of a miniplate in the hard palate of a 36-year-old patient with a large anterior maxillary defect. The combination of orthodontic elastics with a titanium miniplate improved the stability of the prefabricated prosthesis. This structure retained the ointment gauze covering the wounds and maintained the facial contour. In addition, contracture deformity was prevented by insertion of the prefabricated prosthesis intraoperatively or immediately postoperatively. Furthermore, a soft diet could be ingested immediately postoperatively. The miniplate also supported the anterior part and the definitive prosthesis. This prosthesis restored adequate masticatory, deglutitive, and speech functions and maintained the facial contour with minimum overloading of the remaining teeth.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Dental rehabilitation; Maxillary defect; Titanium miniplate.
authors.forename: Shigeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Noriaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Takehito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamanouchi
authors.forename: Hirohiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tachibana
authors.forename: Mitsuyoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iino
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001860:Bone Plates; D003286:Contracture / Q000517:prevention & control; D017268:Dental Prosthesis Retention / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008447:Maxillofacial Prosthesis; D010158:Palatal Obturators; D021362:Palate, Hard / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D014025:Titanium
chemical_list: D014025:Titanium