Open AccessProsthodontic Rehabilitation of Accidental Maxillofacial Gunshot Injury Using Dental Implants: A Five Year Follow-Up Clinical Report
Author(s) -
Vinod Balla,
A Daniel,
Nirmal Kurian
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/21771.8480
Subject(s) - accidental , rehabilitation , medicine , maxilla , dentistry , oral hygiene , treatment modality , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , prosthodontics , orthodontics , surgery , physical therapy , physics , botany , acoustics , biology , genus
Gunshot injuries to the face can have serious aesthetic, functional, and psychological consequences. The incapacitating nature of maxillofacial defects makes reconstruction of the maxilla and mandible challenging, owing to multiple surgeries and extensive rehabilitation phase. Outcome of prosthodontic treatment is one of the important parameters by which a patient measures the success of rehabilitation. A 5-year follow-up of comprehensive surgical and prosthodontic reconstruction of a gunshot injury using dental implants is described. This case report illustrates the contribution of immediate dental implants with proper oral hygiene follow-up as an effective treatment modality in restoring a patient to near normal function and aesthetics.