Implant retained nasal epithesis: Case report

Abstract

Nasal defects can occur as a result of head and neck trauma, or due to partial or complete ablation or resection of the tumor in the nasal area and surroundings. Smaller defects can be reconstructed surgically while large defects are mainly reconstructed combined surgically and prosthetically. The aim of this paper was to present prosthetic reconstruction of the nasal defect by colored vinyl polysiloxane prosthesis retained with craniofacial basal disc implants. An adequate aesthetics and stability of the prosthesis was achieved during mandible and mimic muscles movements.

Defekti nosa mogu nastati kao posledica traume glave i vrata ili usled delimične ili potpune ablacije, odnosno resekcije tumora predela nosa i okoline. Manji defekti nosa se rekonstruišu hirurški, dok se veliki defekti uglavnom rekonstruišu kombinovano, kako hirurški tako i protetski. Cilj ovoga rada bio je da se prikaže protetska rekonstrukcija defekta nosa protezom izrađenom od vinil-polisiloksana u boji sa retencijom preko kraniofacijalnih bazalnih disk-implantata. Ovakvom protetskom nadoknadom postignute su zadovoljavajuća estetika i stabilnost proteze pri pokretima mandibule i mimičnih mišića.