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CAD‐CAM construction of a provisional nasal prosthesis after ablative tumour surgery of the nose: a pilot case report
Author(s) -
CIOCCA L.,
BACCI G.,
MINGUCCI R.,
SCOTTI R.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
european journal of cancer care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.849
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1365-2354
pISSN - 0961-5423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2008.01013.x
Subject(s) - medicine , prosthesis , cad , nose , ablative case , computer aided design , dentistry , orthodontics , surgery , biomedical engineering , engineering drawing , engineering , mechanical engineering , radiation therapy
The computer‐aided design of a nasal prosthesis based on pre‐operative virtual laser scanning of the affected site was virtually adapted to the post‐operative laser‐scanned surface. The designed volume of the nose was rapidly prototyped and used to fabricate a provisional prosthesis and a computed tomography diagnostic template to check the available premaxilla bone for implants. The mould for the nasal prosthesis was prototyped using a computer‐aided design and manufacturing (CAD‐CAM) procedure. In addition, the mesiostructure of an eyeglasses‐supported provisional prosthesis was also designed and prototyped using CAD‐CAM procedures.