Open AccessRestoration of Large Cranial Defect for Cranioplasty with Alloplastic Cranial Implant Material: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Sumit Goyal,
Megha Goyal
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journal of indian prosthodontic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1998-4057
pISSN - 0972-4052
DOI - 10.1007/s13191-012-0185-y
Subject(s) - cranioplasty , medicine , skull , surgery , decompression , craniotomy , decompressive craniectomy , implant , dentistry , traumatic brain injury , psychiatry
Cranial defects result either from trauma or after intentional osteocraniotomies or external decompression craniectomies. These defects occur most frequently during wartime, but their incidence during peacetime, as a result of accident or disease, makes knowledge of cranioplasty useful to the interested practitioner. Most cranial defects will have some variable proportion of cosmetic and mechanical aspects, and the decision regarding cranioplasty must be influenced by the patient's age, prognosis, activity level and the specific conditions of the scalp and calvarium. This case report is oriented towards post-traumatic restoration of large cranial defect with alloplastic heat-cure poly methyl methacrylate resin material.