maxillofacial prosthodontics

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Maxillofacial prosthodontics is a dental specialty focused on restoring function and appearance to the face and head using prostheses. This can involve correcting deformities that are congenital, acquired through trauma or surgery (like cancer treatment), or developmental.1

Prosthodontics, in general, aims to restore oral function, comfort, and appearance by replacing missing teeth and tissues with artificial substitutes. This includes dentures, crowns, and caps. Maxillofacial prosthetics specifically creates appliances from materials like latex and silicone to replace parts of the face and jaws lost due to surgery, disease, or accidents. The field requires knowledge of head and neck anatomy, neuromuscular physiology, and jaw mechanics.2

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Maxillofacial prosthodontics, a subspecialty of prosthodontics, is concerned with the correction of deformities of the face and head and restoration of normal function by means of prostheses. Deformities may be congenital, acquired (through trauma or surgical treatment, as of cancer), or developmental (stemming from some…
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Maxillofacial prosthodontics, a subspecialty of prosthodontics, is concerned with the correction of deformities of the face and head and restoration of normal function by means of prostheses. Deformities may be congenital, acquired (through trauma or surgical treatment, as of cancer), or developmental (stemming from some…
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