Prosthetic Rehabilitation of a 13 Year Old Fe...

Prosthetic Rehabilitation of a 13 Year Old Female Patient with Hemangiopericytoma

Author Name : Dr. Manaswi Tripathi Mishra, Dr Rajesh Saini, Dr Garima Singh, Dr. Mukul Mathur

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56025/IJARESM.2023.11623714

ABSTRACT

After surgical excision of tumors involving the maxilla, depending on their location and size, maxillary defects can have harmful consequences, both aesthetic and functional. These effects disrupt all the functions of the masticatory system, namely breathing, swallowing, and especially phonation, thus affecting negatively the patient’s psychological state. Despite the evolution of reconstructive surgical techniques and the development of microsurgery, conventional obturator prostheses are still relevant. In fact, these prostheses restore the main functions of chewing, phonation, and swallowing. They also provide the patient with a satisfactory aesthetic appearance. Maxillary defects are characterized by their highly polymorphic aspect, having a great impact on the nature of prosthetic rehabilitation. The aim of this work was to present the different clinical and laboratory steps of prosthetic rehabilitation of an acquired maxillary defect following excision of a hemangiopericytoma.

Keywords- Obturator, Hemangiopericytoma, Rehabilitation