title: An Alternate Vista in Rehabilitation of Cranial Defects: Combining Digital and Manual Techniques to Fabricate a Hybrid Cranioplast.
abstract: The desired features of a cranioplast include providing an acceptable contour, continuity with the remaining skull (marginal adaptation), improvising the aesthetic outcome, providing a strengthened prosthesis to avoid fracture in case of repeat trauma, and protecting the remaining neurological structures. Combining digital and manual techniques to fabricate a hybrid polymethylmethacrylate cranioplast during the rehabilitation of a pediatric patient with cranial defect has been described. Utilization of digital techniques (rapid prototyping to obtain skull analog) and manual (hand) sculpting of the prosthesis strengthened with glass fiber enabled the authors to fabricate a hybrid cranioplast. Satisfactory outcome was achieved.
authors.affiliation: Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences and Department of Neurosurgery, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Harsimran
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: Aditi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Dheeraj
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Koli
authors.forename: Mahesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: Hukum
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Ishu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bishnoi
authors.forename: Pooja
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pathak
authors.forename: Ankur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020366:Methylmethacrylate; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011859:Radiography; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D020366:Methylmethacrylate