Several ocular and orbital disorders require surgical intervention that may result in ocular defects. The associated psychological effect of these defects on the patient requires immediate management and rehabilitation intervention by a team of specialists. The role of the maxillofacial prosthodontist in fabricating an ocular prosthesis with acceptable esthetics to restore facial symmetry and n...

Carcinoma of the facial region often requires radical surgical excision, which results in varying amount of tissue loss of the facial structures. Such defects cause serious functional as well as esthetic complications. This paper describes the maxillofacial prosthetic rehabilitation of a patient having right lateral midfacial defect combined with a mandibular defect on the same side; by using a...

Lecturer Professor and HOD Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Abstract: D.A.Pandu Memorial R.V.Dental College and Hospital, Banglore. Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia is an uncommon disorder of tissues derived from ectoderm, characterized by the triad of hypohidrosis and hypodontia, which form the essential features of the syndrome 1. A case of a 7 year old child with hypohidrotic ectod...

Cleft lip and palate is the most frequent congenital oral dysmophosis (1/600 births). They can be associated with polyformative syndromes. The aetiology often unknown, but heredity still a predominant factor. These clefts result from an absence or insufficient fusion of different facial buds occurring fifth to 7th week intrauterine life. have several forms. treatment cleft requires multidiscipl...

Purpose: This review aimed to evaluate the application and success rate of zirconia in various fields dentistry. Materials Methods: electronic databases were searched for original studies reporting on application, performance rates based prosthesis, including PubMed, Cochrane Library, Science direct.The search was accompanied with manual searches bibliographies all retrieved full text articles ...

Inborn or acquired abnormalities of the palate and contiguous structures need special prosthesis for proper intra oral rehabilitation. The Glossary Prosthodontic Terms defines obturator as “a maxillofacial used to close a congenital tissue opening, primarily hard and/or alveolar/soft structures”This article presents simplified technique fabrication dentures in anatomically compromised arches, w...

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM The success of most non-implant-retained extraoral prostheses depends on retention derived from skin adhesives. Part 1 of this study found that Skin-Prep Protective Dressing improved the retentive properties of adhesives and that Secure(2) Medical Adhesive was stronger than Epithane-3. Part 2 investigates the application of a second layer of adhesive to the prosthesis, whic...

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM The average clinical life span of a maxillofacial prosthesis is approximately 6 months, at which point it needs to be refabricated, mainly because of degradation of the color and physical properties of the prosthesis. PURPOSE This first part of a 3-part study evaluated the effect of coloring agents on the physical properties of maxillofacial elastomers. METHODS AND MATE...

In order to restore an extraoral maxillofacial defect, a moulage impression is commonly made with traditional impression materials. This technique has some disadvantages, including distortion of the site due to the weight of the impression material, changes in tissue location with modifications of the patient position, and the length of time and discomfort for the patient due to the impression ...