The aim of these clinical reports was to describe two different approaches to prosthetic rehabilitation after facial disfigurement because of a total rhinectomy. A man with a total rhinectomy was scheduled for craniofacial implants in the nasal residual defect. Three oral implants were used instead of craniofacial ones. A conventional framework was designed to connect the prosthesis to the implant abutments in the anterior nasal floor, and a custom-made ball attachment was positioned in the glabella abutment. A woman with a free rectum abdomis flap covering the defect of the middle face was scheduled for a nasal prosthesis. A titanium framework with a novel connection between the eyeglasses and the prosthesis was manufactured. The two clinical reports presented in this article illustrate favourable clinical treatment outcomes in the rehabilitation of disfigurement.
Maxillofacial rehabilitation after rhinectomy using two different treatment options: Clinical reports
Bianchi B;
2007-01-01
Abstract
The aim of these clinical reports was to describe two different approaches to prosthetic rehabilitation after facial disfigurement because of a total rhinectomy. A man with a total rhinectomy was scheduled for craniofacial implants in the nasal residual defect. Three oral implants were used instead of craniofacial ones. A conventional framework was designed to connect the prosthesis to the implant abutments in the anterior nasal floor, and a custom-made ball attachment was positioned in the glabella abutment. A woman with a free rectum abdomis flap covering the defect of the middle face was scheduled for a nasal prosthesis. A titanium framework with a novel connection between the eyeglasses and the prosthesis was manufactured. The two clinical reports presented in this article illustrate favourable clinical treatment outcomes in the rehabilitation of disfigurement.
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