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Maxillofacial Prosthetics, General Principles: Multimedia
Updated: Oct 9, 2007
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![]() | Media file 1: A bar with magnets is screwed to mastoid implants in order to retain a right artificial ear. |
![]() | Media file 2: Ocular prosthesis replaces a missing right eye. |
![]() | Media file 3: An artificial nose is attached with medical-grade adhesive. |
![]() | Media file 4: A defect in the medial portion of the hard palate is pictured. Two bars screwed to 4 implants retain the obturator. |
![]() | Media file 5: Scar band formed by the muco-dermal junction helps retain the maxillary obturator. |
![]() | Media file 6: Soft palate defect and a speech bulb that is attached to the maxillary denture are depicted. |
![]() | Media file 7: A guiding flange prosthesis maintains the remaining mandible in occlusion. |
![]() | Media file 8: A partial glossectomy with an artificial tongue attached to the maxillary arch is depicted. |
![]() | Media file 9: Total glossectomy with an artificial tongue for speech is shown. Note the anterior and posterior elevations. |
![]() | Media file 10: Maxillary prosthesis retained by implants positioned in the remaining maxillae as well as the Zygomatic bone. |
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Keywords
congenital defects of the head, congenital defects of the neck, acquired defects of the head, acquired defects of the neck, intraoral defects, mandibular defects, tongue defects, glossal defects, hard palate defects, soft palate defects, maxillectomy rehabilitation, extraoral defects, glossectomy, tongue prosthesis



















