Mortellaro C, Garagiola U, Lucchina A Greco, Grivetto F, Milone G, Pappalardo S, Palmeri A, Scorsone D, Sammartino G
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Science of Dentistry and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, University of Novara, Turin, Italy.
J Craniofac Surg. 2006 Jan;17(1):152-62. doi: 10.1097/01.scs.0000193553.39917.eb.
Maxillofacial prosthetic rehabilitation aims to restore anatomic function when serious tissue defects are present, as a result of congenital factors, trauma, or surgery. The aims are both aesthetic and functional, and results are obtained using devices that contain, reconstruct, and fill. This study introduces a technique using methods and materials that are acceptable to the patient in that they satisfy chewing, phonetic, and aesthetic functions, while respecting bone structure and restoring function to the soft tissues without causing trauma to them. Our techniques do not use innovative materials, but ones that are structurally different and that, until now, have not been connected with attachment systems. Acrylic resin, acetylic resin, and silicon are used, each in such a way as to take maximum advantage of each material's characteristics and thus give the best results.
