Two‐Piece Extraoral Prosthetic Rehabilitation to a Perineural Invasion Lip Cancer
Articles > Article · 2016
Authors: Makbule Heval ŞAHAN, Gorkem Eskiizmir, Pinar ATEŞ
Journal of Prosthodontics, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2016, vol 27, pp 306-310
DOI: 10.1111/jopr.12493
Summary
Lip cancers can severely affect a person in terms of function, esthetics, and psychological trauma. After surgical resection, lip defects require special rehabilitation. This clinical report describes a neck prosthesis of a male patient diagnosed with lower lip squamous cell carcinoma with perineural involvement. The neck prosthesis was connected to the mandibular complete denture with cobalt samarium magnets. Both prostheses improved the patient's mastication, deglutition, and esthetics.