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Management of Sunken Cheeks With Magnet-Retained Cheek Plumpers

The loss of teeth, associated with sunken lips and cheeks, has a debilitating psychological effect on a person. It is essential for clinicians to incorporate facial esthetics into their treatment plan for complete denture patients in order to improve the patients’ confidence and quality of life. Che...

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Autores principales: Kunusoth, Ramesh, Swayampakula, Himaja, Colvenkar, Shreya, D, Radhika, Alwala, Aditya Mohan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10103805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37065310
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36161
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description The loss of teeth, associated with sunken lips and cheeks, has a debilitating psychological effect on a person. It is essential for clinicians to incorporate facial esthetics into their treatment plan for complete denture patients in order to improve the patients’ confidence and quality of life. Cheek plumpers ensure adequate support to facial muscles, which, in turn, minimizes the appearance of wrinkles, lines, and sagging over time. This case report describes the fabrication of detachable cheek plumpers using magnets to enhance the facial esthetics of a completely edentulous patient. Magnet-retained cheek plumpers, being small and lightweight, allow ease of placement and cleaning without the addition of weight to the prosthesis.
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spelling pubmed-101038052023-04-15 Management of Sunken Cheeks With Magnet-Retained Cheek Plumpers Kunusoth, Ramesh Swayampakula, Himaja Colvenkar, Shreya D, Radhika Alwala, Aditya Mohan Cureus Dentistry The loss of teeth, associated with sunken lips and cheeks, has a debilitating psychological effect on a person. It is essential for clinicians to incorporate facial esthetics into their treatment plan for complete denture patients in order to improve the patients’ confidence and quality of life. Cheek plumpers ensure adequate support to facial muscles, which, in turn, minimizes the appearance of wrinkles, lines, and sagging over time. This case report describes the fabrication of detachable cheek plumpers using magnets to enhance the facial esthetics of a completely edentulous patient. Magnet-retained cheek plumpers, being small and lightweight, allow ease of placement and cleaning without the addition of weight to the prosthesis. Cureus 2023-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10103805/ /pubmed/37065310 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36161 Text en Copyright © 2023, Kunusoth et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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