Case Report
Year: 2017 | Month: January | Volume: 7 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 301-306
Mid Facial Defect Rehabilitation Using Extra Oral and Intraoral Prosthesis Retained by Magnets
Ashfaq Yaqoob1, Rafi Tagoo2, Umar Amin Malik3, Gowhar Yaqub4
1Asst Professor CODS King Khalid University Abha Saudia Arabia
2Professor at CODS King Khalid University Abha Saudi Arabia
3Consultant Prosthodontist, MOI Jizan Saudi Arabia
4PG scholar OMR at Govt Dental College Srinagar India
Corresponding Author: Ashfaq Yaqoob
ABSTRACT
Mid facial defects with radical maxillectomy leading to extended defects in hard and soft tissues resulting in communication between oral cavity and orbit. These defects lead to aesthetic, functional and psychological problems. This case report presents a technique for prosthetic rehabilitation of such defects using two piece prosthesis. A hollow bulb obturator and silicon orbital prosthesis with magnetic retention. Prosthesis improved the patients speech, mastication, swallowing and esthetics.
Key words:orbital prosthesis, magnet retained prosthesis, silicon prosthesis, obturator.