title: Maxillofacial prosthetic rehabilitation for esophageal and laryngeal laxity due to the hypermobility syndrome: A clinical report.
abstract: Laryngeal and esophageal laxity resulting from a connective tissue disease can lead to severe pain and functional impairment. This clinical report describes a patient with such significant neck pain that it prevented her from speaking; it also caused pain with deglutition. Maxillofacial prosthetic rehabilitation with an external laryngeal and esophageal support significantly reduced the patient's pain and restored normal speaking and deglutition functions. This clinical report describes the design and fabrication of a support to stabilize the patient's laryngeal and esophageal structures to her midline.
authors: Adjunct Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Ore; and Private practice, Eugene, Ore. Electronic address: info@drlmover.net.
authors: Larry Michael
authors: LM
authors: Over
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000737:chemistry; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation; D015154:Esophageal Motility Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005115:Extraoral Traction Appliances; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012828:Silicones / Q000737:chemistry; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D012828:Silicones