Maxillofacial rehabilitation after rhinectomy using two different treatment options: clinical reports

Authors: CIOCCA, L.¹; MAREMONTI, P.²; BIANCHI, B.³; SCOTTI, R.¹

Source: Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, Volume 34, Number 4, April 2007 , pp. 311-315(5)

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Abstract:

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The aim of these clinical reports was to describe two different approaches to prosthetic rehabilitation after facial disfigurement because of a total rhinectomy. A man with a total rhinectomy was scheduled for craniofacial implants in the nasal residual defect. Three oral implants were used instead of craniofacial ones. A conventional framework was designed to connect the prosthesis to the implant abutments in the anterior nasal floor, and a custom-made ball attachment was positioned in the glabella abutment. A woman with a free rectum abdomis flap covering the defect of the middle face was scheduled for a nasal prosthesis. A titanium framework with a novel connection between the eyeglasses and the prosthesis was manufactured. The two clinical reports presented in this article illustrate favourable clinical treatment outcomes in the rehabilitation of disfigurement.

Keywords: nasal prosthesis; craniofacial implant; maxillofacial rehabilitation; rhinectomy

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2842.2007.01684.x

Affiliations: 1: Section of Prosthodontics, Department of Oral Science, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy 2: Maxillo-Facial Department, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy 3: Maxillofacial Section, Otolaryngology and Maxillo-Facial Department, University Hospital, Parma, Italy

Publication date: 2007-04-01