Magnet and Semi Precision Attachment in an Implant Retained Partial Denture for the Rehabilitation of an Irradiated Marginal Mandibulectomy Patient: A Case Report.
Surgical treatment of malignancies in the oral cavity (mandible, tongue, floor of the mouth, alveolus, buccal sulcus) often results in an unfavourable anatomic condition for prosthodontic rehabilitation. Hence, maxillofacial prosthetic rehabilitation becomes a mightier task when resection is accompanied by radiation therapy. In selected cases, implant therapy comes to rescue. The following report throws light on the case of prosthetic rehabilitation of a patient who underwent right marginal mandibulectomy and right partial glossectomy, with the aid of a single implant, semi precision attachment and magnet supported partial denture.
Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, A J Institute of Dental Sciences , Mangalore, India .
Blessy Susan
BS
Bangera
Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, SDMCDS , Dharwad, India .
Satyabodh Shesharaj
SS
Guttal
Head of Department, Department of Oral Implantology, SDMCDS , Dharwad, India .
Sudhindra S
SS
Kulkarni
Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Surgery, Manipal Dental College , Manipal, India .
Adarsh
A
Kudva
FDSRCPS, Dean, SDMCDS, Dharwad, India.
Srinath
S
Thakur
Glossectomy; Radiation therapy