Open AccessRehabilitation of auricular defect with implant-retained auricular prosthesis - A case report
Author(s) -
Dushyant Chauhan,
Indranil Roy,
M Viswamnara,
Ashish Thakur,
Ravi Athwale
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2231-0746
DOI - 10.4103/ams.ams_343_20
Subject(s) - medicine , prosthesis , rehabilitation , implant , dentistry , silicone , surgery , orthodontics , physical therapy , chemistry , organic chemistry
Maxillofacial defect is of great concern physically, emotionally, and psychologically for a patient. However, it is an even bigger challenge for a team attempting rehabilitation, as a crucial decision has to be made between surgical approach and/or prosthetic rehabilitation. However, if both are combined, it will result in best of esthetics and function with ease of maintainance, resulting in a sucessful rehabilitation. This case report represents a case of auricular defect rehabilitated with a combination of implants and bar-retained silicone prosthesis.