Open AccessProsthetic rehabilitation of edentulous mandibulectomy patient: A clinical report
Author(s) -
Vijay Prakash
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.42961
Subject(s) - masticatory force , medicine , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , dentistry , rehabilitation , orthodontics , tongue , reduction (mathematics) , soft tissue , surgery , physical therapy , botany , geometry , mathematics , pathology , biology , genus
Segmental resection of the mandible commonly results in deviation of the mandible to the defective side. The amount of deviation depends on the amount of hard and soft tissue involvement, the method of surgical site closure, the degree of impaired tongue function, the number of remaining teeth and the extent of loss of sensory and motor innervations. Prosthodontic treatment along with physical therapy may be useful in reducing mandibular deviation and improving masticatory efficiency. This clinical report describes the use of two rows of nonanatomic teeth on the unresected side. This provided a broader occlusal table and improved masticatory efficiency in our edentulous madibulectomy patient.