Magnet and Semi Precision Attachment in an Implant Retained Partial Denture for the Rehabilitation of an Irradiated Marginal Mandibulectomy Patient: A Case Report
Published: September 1, 2015 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2015/.6542
Blessy Susan Bangera, Satyabodh Shesharaj Guttal, Sudhindra S Kulkarni, Adarsh Kudva, Srinath Thakur
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, A J Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, India.
2. Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, SDMCDS, Dharwad, India.
3. Head of Department, Department of Oral Implantology, SDMCDS, Dharwad, India.
4. Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Surgery, Manipal Dental College, Manipal, India.
5. FDSRCPS, Dean, SDMCDS, Dharwad, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Blessy Susan Bangera,
“Clarence Villa”, Near Modern Rice Mill, Kallavu Lane, Urwa, Mangalore - 575006, India.
E-mail: blessy_bangera@yahoo.com
Surgical treatment of malignancies in the oral cavity (mandible, tongue, floor of the mouth, alveolus, buccal sulcus) often results in an unfavourable anatomic condition for prosthodontic rehabilitation. Hence, maxillofacial prosthetic rehabilitation becomes a mightier task when resection is accompanied by radiation therapy. In selected cases, implant therapy comes to rescue. The following report throws light on the case of prosthetic rehabilitation of a patient who underwent right marginal mandibulectomy and right partial glossectomy, with the aid of a single implant, semi precision attachment and magnet supported partial denture.
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