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Early rehabilitation of facial defects using interim removable prostheses: A clinical case report

Surgical resection of neoplasms or malformations of the face may result in defects that are not amenable to immediate surgical reconstruction. Such defects can have a severe adverse effect on patient perceptions of body image and self-esteem. In these cases, the use of an interim removable facial pr...

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Autores principales: Ramkumar, Vivekanandhan, Sangeetha, Arunachalam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3740666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23956597
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-7406.114320
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description Surgical resection of neoplasms or malformations of the face may result in defects that are not amenable to immediate surgical reconstruction. Such defects can have a severe adverse effect on patient perceptions of body image and self-esteem. In these cases, the use of an interim removable facial prosthesis can offer a rapid alternative treatment solution. The patient may then resume social interactions more comfortably while permitting easy access to the facial defect to observe tissue healing while awaiting definitive rehabilitation. This article presents a case report describing the use of interim nasal prostheses to provide rapid patient rehabilitation of facial defects.
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spelling pubmed-37406662013-08-16 Early rehabilitation of facial defects using interim removable prostheses: A clinical case report Ramkumar, Vivekanandhan Sangeetha, Arunachalam J Pharm Bioallied Sci Dental Science - Case Report Surgical resection of neoplasms or malformations of the face may result in defects that are not amenable to immediate surgical reconstruction. Such defects can have a severe adverse effect on patient perceptions of body image and self-esteem. In these cases, the use of an interim removable facial prosthesis can offer a rapid alternative treatment solution. The patient may then resume social interactions more comfortably while permitting easy access to the facial defect to observe tissue healing while awaiting definitive rehabilitation. This article presents a case report describing the use of interim nasal prostheses to provide rapid patient rehabilitation of facial defects. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3740666/ /pubmed/23956597 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-7406.114320 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ramkumar, Vivekanandhan
Sangeetha, Arunachalam
Early rehabilitation of facial defects using interim removable prostheses: A clinical case report
title Early rehabilitation of facial defects using interim removable prostheses: A clinical case report
title_full Early rehabilitation of facial defects using interim removable prostheses: A clinical case report
title_fullStr Early rehabilitation of facial defects using interim removable prostheses: A clinical case report
title_full_unstemmed Early rehabilitation of facial defects using interim removable prostheses: A clinical case report
title_short Early rehabilitation of facial defects using interim removable prostheses: A clinical case report
title_sort early rehabilitation of facial defects using interim removable prostheses: a clinical case report
topic Dental Science - Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3740666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23956597
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-7406.114320
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