Recently, as the result of development in modern imaging, computerized three dimensional data processing and advanced engineering techniques, a prosthesis that match the skeletal anatomy can be accurately designed using computer aided design (CAD) where the physical model of prosthesis or skull replica can be produced through rapid prototyping (RP), rapid tooling (RT), and computer aided manufa...

AIM The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess and compare peri-implant marginal bone loss in cement- and screw-retained prostheses. MATERIAL AND METHODS Electronic database and manual searches were undertaken to identify trials, prospective or retrospective studies reporting on radiographic marginal bone loss around dental implants restored with cement- and/or screw-re...

INTRODUCTION HAND AMPUTATIONS Hand Amputations and Reconstruction Hand Rehabilitation Hand Prosthetic Devices NOMENCLATURE AND FUNCTIONAL LEVELS PRINCIPLES OF AMPUTATION SURGERY REHABILITATION Early Rehabilitation Postoperative Prosthetic Fitting Activities of Daily Living BELOW ELBOW PROSTHESES Prosthetic Sockets Terminal Devices and Wrist Units Suspension and Control ABOVE-ELBOW PROSTHESES HU...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate use of, satisfaction with, and social adjustment with adaptive devices compared with prostheses in young people with upper limb reduction deficiencies. METHODS Cross-sectional study of 218 young people with upper limb reduction deficiencies (age range 2-20 years) and their parents. A questionnaire was used to evaluate participants' characteristics, difficulties encounter...

BACKGROUND The application of a maxillofacial prosthesis is an alternative to surgery in functional-aesthetic facial reconstruction. Computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing has opened up a new approach to the fabrication of maxillofacial prostheses. An intelligentized rapid simulative design and manufacturing system for prostheses was developed to facilitate the prosthesis fabricatio...

The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) published the guidelines on the selection of prostheses for primary hip replacement in 2000. They supported the use of cemented hip prostheses to the exclusion of uncemented and hybrid implants. The information from the Trent (and Wales) Regional Arthroplasty Study has been examined to identify retrospectively the types of hip prostheses use...

Eighty-three Guepar valgus-hinge prostheses and 30 prostheses with collinear femoral and the tibial components were inserted in 97 patients at Vancouver General Hospital between March 1975 and May 1978. One hundred and nine arthroplasties were reviewed between January 1979 and April 1980, after an average follow-up of 19 months. It was found that the amount of bone resected made arthrodesis dif...