Cargando…

Expanding digits of a maxillofacial prosthodontist

Complete or partial loss of a finger is the most commonly encountered problem in prosthetic dentistry. The etiology of missing digit may either be congenital or acquired. Trauma is the most common cause for acquired defect of the digit. Loss of a digit results in functional and psychological impact...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Nayar, Sanjna, Aruna, U., Santhosh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4439694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26015734
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-7406.155958
_version_ 1782372538133774336
author Nayar, Sanjna
Aruna, U.
Santhosh,
author_facet Nayar, Sanjna
Aruna, U.
Santhosh,
author_sort Nayar, Sanjna
collection PubMed
description Complete or partial loss of a finger is the most commonly encountered problem in prosthetic dentistry. The etiology of missing digit may either be congenital or acquired. Trauma is the most common cause for acquired defect of the digit. Loss of a digit results in functional and psychological impact on quality-of-life of the patient. This article portrays about the prosthetic management of a patient with an acquired defect of finger
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4439694
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2015
publisher Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-44396942015-05-26 Expanding digits of a maxillofacial prosthodontist Nayar, Sanjna Aruna, U. Santhosh, J Pharm Bioallied Sci Dental Science - Case Report Complete or partial loss of a finger is the most commonly encountered problem in prosthetic dentistry. The etiology of missing digit may either be congenital or acquired. Trauma is the most common cause for acquired defect of the digit. Loss of a digit results in functional and psychological impact on quality-of-life of the patient. This article portrays about the prosthetic management of a patient with an acquired defect of finger Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4439694/ /pubmed/26015734 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-7406.155958 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.
spellingShingle Dental Science - Case Report
Nayar, Sanjna
Aruna, U.
Santhosh,
Expanding digits of a maxillofacial prosthodontist
title Expanding digits of a maxillofacial prosthodontist
title_full Expanding digits of a maxillofacial prosthodontist
title_fullStr Expanding digits of a maxillofacial prosthodontist
title_full_unstemmed Expanding digits of a maxillofacial prosthodontist
title_short Expanding digits of a maxillofacial prosthodontist
title_sort expanding digits of a maxillofacial prosthodontist
topic Dental Science - Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4439694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26015734
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-7406.155958
work_keys_str_mv AT nayarsanjna expandingdigitsofamaxillofacialprosthodontist
AT arunau expandingdigitsofamaxillofacialprosthodontist
AT santhosh expandingdigitsofamaxillofacialprosthodontist