Open AccessProsthetic Rehabilitation of a Hemimandibulectomy Case by Non-Surgical Approach- A Case Report
Author(s) -
Mirella Vaz,
Mridula Joshi,
Mahesh Ghadage,
Gunjan Daphale
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-9119
DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i60b34636
Subject(s) - prosthodontist , medicine , prosthesis , occlusion , disfigurement , masticatory force , facial symmetry , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , orthodontics , dentistry , surgery , botany , biology , genus
Hemimandibulectomy can have several consequences such as disoriented masticatory cycle, eccentric occlusion, distorted speech and facial disfigurement depending on the severity of the defect. It is challenging for the prosthodontist to rehabilitate the patients in whom osseous reconstruction has not been carried out. This clinical report describes the Prosthetic management of a patient who had undergone hemimandibulectomy due to moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma involving left buccal mucosa, gingivobuccal sulcus and retromolar trigone. A non- surgical approach was carried out to rehabilitate this patient, which included the fabrication of a maxillary guide flange prosthesis for correction of the frontal plane rotation and a twin occlusion prosthesis for ease of mastication. The appearance of the patient was improved drastically by the fabrication of an extraoral prosthesis.