Rehabilitation of maxillectomy defects with obturator prostheses fabricated using computer-aided design and rapid prototyping: A pilot study

International Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 480-486

  Jiao, Ting ^a   Zhu, Chenyuan ^a   Dong, Xian ^b   Gu, Xiaoyu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EATING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPESTHESIA; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIP DISEASE; MALE; MAXILLA; MAXILLA TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PALATAL OBTURATOR; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SPEECH; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARD; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS RETENTION; EATING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIP DISEASES; MALE; MAXILLA; MAXILLARY NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PALATAL OBTURATORS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; SPEECH; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84908553900     PISSN: 08932174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11607/ijp.3733     Document Type: Article

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