Prosthetic rehabilitation of a patient
with congenital oro-nasal defect:
A case report
Published: June 1, 2011 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2011/.1391
SEEMA PATTNAIK, AARTIP WADKAR, BIKASHK PATTNAIK
Department of Prosthodontics, Nair Hospital Dental College,
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
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The rehabilitation of the patients with facial defects requires a multidisciplinary approach involving a head and neck surgeon, a maxillofacial prosthodontist and a reconstructive surgeon. Here, we discuss a case of a mid-facial defect due to a congenital anomaly for which a sectional impression was made. A removable nasal prosthesis which obturated a oronasal defect along with an overlay partial maxillary denture for the correction of malocclusion was given to the patient till a definitive reconstructive surgery was performed.
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