Technical Considerations in Rehabilitation of an Edentulous Total Glossectomy Patient

The technician by virtue of his profession plays an important role in fabricating silicone tongue prosthesis for a total glossectomy patient. The technician, with his skills and specialized knowledge in handling material, plays a valuable role as a member of the oncology team. A patient with total g...

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Autores principales: Bhirangi, Pravin, Somani, Priyanka, Dholam, K. P., Bachher, Gurmeet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22505893
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/125036
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description The technician by virtue of his profession plays an important role in fabricating silicone tongue prosthesis for a total glossectomy patient. The technician, with his skills and specialized knowledge in handling material, plays a valuable role as a member of the oncology team. A patient with total glossectomy can be rehabilitated by silicone tongue prosthesis as an aid to improve his speech and swallowing. This paper describes the technical steps involved in fabricating a silicone tongue prosthesis for an edentulous total glossectomy patient.
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spelling pubmed-32993922012-04-13 Technical Considerations in Rehabilitation of an Edentulous Total Glossectomy Patient Bhirangi, Pravin Somani, Priyanka Dholam, K. P. Bachher, Gurmeet Int J Dent Clinical Study The technician by virtue of his profession plays an important role in fabricating silicone tongue prosthesis for a total glossectomy patient. The technician, with his skills and specialized knowledge in handling material, plays a valuable role as a member of the oncology team. A patient with total glossectomy can be rehabilitated by silicone tongue prosthesis as an aid to improve his speech and swallowing. This paper describes the technical steps involved in fabricating a silicone tongue prosthesis for an edentulous total glossectomy patient. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3299392/ /pubmed/22505893 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/125036 Text en Copyright © 2012 Pravin Bhirangi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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