Post-cancer prosthodontic reconstruction
1 November 2015
| Deepak Chandrasekharan
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Biologically driven rehabilitation, Oral oncologic surgery, Peri-implant tissue, Prosthetically driven rehabilitation
A functional outcome after head and neck cancer resection is aimed at restoring speech and swallow. Dental reconstruction greatly facilitates this, particularly by enabling the patient to chew food. The authors reinforce the need for careful presurgical planning with treatment...