Facial defects resulting from neoplasms, congenital malformations, or trauma can be restorated with facial prostheses using different materials and retention methods to achieve a lifelike look and function. For the successful result, a lot of factors as harmony, texture, color matching, and blending of tissue interface of prosthesis is important. This clinical report describes treatment using a...

Finger and partial finger amputations are some of the most frequently encountered forms of partial hand loss. Maxillofacial prosthesis is the art and science of anatomic, functional, or cosmetic reconstruction by means of non living substitutes of those regions in the maxilla and mandible and face that are missing or defective [1] because of surgical intervention, trauma, pathology or developme...

Since the first wrist implant in 1890 by Glück in the form of an ivory prosthesis, the evolution of the prosthetic wrist has been sawtoothing. Abandoned in the late nineteenth century due to infectious complications, they reappeared after the Second World War. Several concepts have rubbed shoulders for decades. It flourished simple and lightweight silicone implants Swanson and complex and heavy...

Molding in a fixed prosthesis is one of the most important stages rehabilitative treatment, as it there that attempts are made to reproduce dental preparations and adjoining regions by using appropriate materials techniques. Among molding available on market, elastomers stand out, which polymers where prey occurs through increase chain establishment cross-links. The objective study present clin...

LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this article, the participant should: 1. Be familiar with the medical uses of silicone. 2. Have a working knowledge of the most important epidemiologic studies regarding silicone gel-filled breast implants. 3. Be aware of the issues about which patients desiring breast augmentation or reconstruction with implants must be counseled.

Although textured silicone breast implants have been shown to reduce the incidence of capsular contracture, there is little evidence if this effect is maintained in the long term. It has been 10 years since the double-blind randomized trial in which 53 patients received either Mentor smooth (26) or textured silicone gel implants (27). Of the 14 patients who were not known to have developed a co...

Use of silicone rubber ('Silastic') prostheses for the replacement of metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints in rheumatoid arthritis was advocated by Swanson (1969), who considered the overall results of the operation superior to that of all previous surgical techniques. This report presents results of a short-term followup of twelve patients who had silastic MCP implants. Three subjects had joint re...

Purpose: To identify the right plane in augmented rhinoplasty to help facilitate the facial plastic surgeons in creating more natural look in oriental noses. Materials and methods: One hundred and ten adult Thai cadavers comprising 61 males and 49 females from Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University were included in this study. Augmentation rhinoplasty with the closed tech...

UNLABELLED The development of implant dentistry improved the possibilities of rehabilitation with maxillofacial prosthesis. However, clinically it is difficult to bond the silicone to the attachment system. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to evaluate the effect of an adhesive system on the bond strength between acrylic resin and facial silicone. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 120 samples were ...