Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Reader, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sree Mookambika Institute of Dental Sciences, Kulasekharam, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Prosthet Dent. 2018 Dec;120(6):960-963. doi: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2018.01.022. Epub 2018 Jul 10.
Facial contractures caused by burns can collapse the nasal aperture and lead to airway obstruction. Management in such situations requires surgical and prosthetic intervention. Prosthetically, although a nasal conformer is the treatment of choice, even a well-fabricated nasal conformer may be esthetically unappealing and require an aid for enhanced retention. Expensive implant-aided conformers are not always a viable option. This article introduces a technique for fabricating a nasal conformer that is both esthetically appealing and cost-effective. The technique is illustrated by the treatment of a 12-year-old girl who presented with a history of burn injuries leading to nasal contracture that was effectively managed with this concept.
烧伤引起的面部挛缩可导致鼻孔塌陷，并导致气道阻塞。此类情况的处理需要手术和假体介入。在假体方面，虽然鼻成形器是首选治疗方法，但即使是精心制作的鼻成形器也可能在美观上不尽如人意，需要辅助装置以增强其保持力。昂贵的植入物辅助成形器并不总是可行的选择。本文介绍了一种制作既美观又经济实惠的鼻成形器的技术。该技术通过治疗一名 12 岁女孩的病例得到了说明，该女孩因烧伤导致的鼻挛缩而就诊，通过这一理念，该病例得到了有效治疗。
