Fabrication of a maxillofacial prosthesis for a congenital or acquired deformity demands a high degree of skill and refinement on the part of prosthodontists. This task becomes more challenging if either the recipient tissue is not well-suited to receive the prosthesis, or the patient is either indifferent to his/her wellness or is firmly convinced that the prosthesis is not going to improve th...

Extraoral implant retained prosthesis have been proven to be a predictable treatment option for maxillofacial rehabilitation. This case report describes the clinical and laboratory procedures for fabricating an auricular prosthesis.In this case report, an auricular prosthesis was fabricated for a patient who lost the left and right external ear in an electrical burn. Extraoral implants and bar-...

The fabrication of any extra oral maxillofacial prosthesis presents the prosthodontist with several phenomenal challenges. Foremost among them is the flawless recreation of the same anatomic form that was present preoperatively. The Challenge of recreating preoperative anatomic contour is sometimes complicated by the absence of a preoperative record. This is common when the loss is congenital o...

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM The health industry is now concerned with treatment outcomes and accountability to patients, payers, and referral sources. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to identify the functional tests that are available to maxillofacial prosthodontists and to provide a list of those tests that are applicable in treatment and documentation. METHODS Functional assessment may be ...

Ocular trauma is a very common incidence that occurs in up to 67% of patients with maxillofacial trauma. It results in life-long agony of not being like others with two eyes, which can see and admire the nature's beauty. This article reports on a case of a 23-year-old male patient with phthisis bulbi, resulting from ocular trauma. The patient was rehabilitated aesthetically by fabrication of cu...

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Measures of satisfaction after extraoral maxillofacial prosthetic rehabilitation have been sparsely reported. PURPOSE This article reviews the care-related opinions of patients who were provided extraoral prostheses at the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center over the course of 10 years. MATERIAL AND METHODS A questionnaire was delivered to 263 extraoral prosthetic patients to ...

Defects in the maxillofacial region can be congenital or acquired, and may negatively affect their physical psychological health, hence such defects requires rehabilitation to improve quality of life. Maxillofacial prosthesis helps substituting these missing body part. The mode retention are always challenging. Apart from various modes available, a thorough treatment planning give better prosth...