STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Speech bulbs and palatal lift prostheses are used to improve oral-nasal balance in speakers with hypernasality resulting from velopharyngeal dysfunction. Fabricating such speech prostheses is often a protracted process, and the nasopharyngeal impression can be uncomfortable for the client. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to develop and test a modular palatal lift pr...

Cleft-lip-palate could be an anomalousness occurring because of malunion during development which is related to feeding issues within the new born infant. The oronasal communication reduces the creation of a negative pressure, which helps in suckling. Feeding prosthesis is an appliance to beat this challenge, aiding in feeding. Cleft anomalies are related to issues in feeding due to communicati...

Facial defects resulting from neoplasms, congenital abnormalities or trauma can affect the patient esthetically, psychologically, and even financially. Surgical reconstruction of large facial defects is sometimes not possible and frequently demands prosthetic rehabilitation. For success of such prosthesis, adequate replication of natural anatomy, color matching and blending with tissue interfac...

BACKGROUND Skin cancers requiring nasal resection may be surgically reconstructed and/or prosthetically reconstructed. Singular surgical reconstruction may be ideal for smaller defects in which the nasal bone and cartilaginous portions of the nose are maintained, but surgical reconstruction falls short of providing acceptable aesthetic results for more extensive nasal defects. Prosthetic rehabi...

INTRODUCTION Constuction of the obturator prostheses and providing the patient's comfort with them are very difficult. Primary and the most important stage for these prostheses is to perform a proper impression. CASE PRESENTATION A 55-year-old edentulous Turkish female patient with a congenitally maxillary defect was rehabilitated with an open hollow obturator prosthesis. After the preliminar...

The recent outbreak of covid-19 disease has led to development mucormycosis in immunocompromised individuals. Treatment options include antifungal drugs, surgical removal infected tissues, and management underlying metabolic disorders. Surgery typically includes the complete excision diseased region. These defects put patient at risk for nasal twang, fluid leaks into cavity, poor masticatory fu...

A new proto col for m aking an immediate prov isional eyeg lasses-supported nasa l p rosthesis is presen ted t hat uses laser scann ing, com puter-aided desig n/computer-aided manufacturing procedu res, and rapid p rototyping tech niques, reducing time and costs while increasing the quality of the final product. With this protocol, the eyeglasses were digitized, and the relative posit ion of th...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical effectiveness and influential factors of maxillary rehabilitation with zygomatic implant and prosthesis after tumor resection. METHODS Thirty-six patients with maxillary defects were collected prospectively in this study and received zygomatic implant and prosthesis for maxillary rehabilitation in the Department of Stomatology of the Municipal Hospital, Taiz...