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Floor of mouth prosthesis with removable depressible tongue: A clinical report
- Source :
- The Journal of prosthetic dentistry. 128(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The rehabilitation of a patient with a total glossectomy with a prosthetic device is challenging and depends on the individual patient. Ablation of a tongue tumor leaves defects that can be either surgically reconstructed or replaced by a prosthesis to help recreate normalcy and balance in the oral cavity. This clinical report describes a prosthetic design to rehabilitate a patient after a total glossectomy. This approach successfully recreated the glossal surface with a soft, hollow, depressible structure that emulates the tongue during speech and a solid structure to facilitate swallowing. The components were joined by magnets.
- Subjects :
- Orthodontics
Dental Implants
Floor of mouth
Solid structure
business.industry
Glossectomy
medicine.medical_treatment
030206 dentistry
Oral cavity
Prosthesis
Tongue Neoplasms
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine.anatomical_structure
Clinical report
Swallowing
Tongue
Total glossectomy
Medicine
Humans
Oral Surgery
business
Mouth Floor
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10976841
- Volume :
- 128
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of prosthetic dentistry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....624b78d69e8da666aeee57a6aa0af3cb