Use of digital technology in prosthesis fabrication for an elderly patient with a maxillectomy and severe trismus: A clinical report

Mai Murase; Nehasha Pradhan; Yuka I Sumita; Noriyuki Wakabayashi

doi:10.1016/j.prosdent.2023.04.033

Use of digital technology in prosthesis fabrication for an elderly patient with a maxillectomy and severe trismus: A clinical report

J Prosthet Dent. 2023 Jun 15:S0022-3913(23)00330-X. doi: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2023.04.033. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Mai Murase¹, Nehasha Pradhan², Yuka I Sumita³, Noriyuki Wakabayashi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Department of Advanced Prosthodontics, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Doctoral student, Department of Advanced Prosthodontics, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Professor, The Division of General Dentistry, The Nippon Dental University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan and Adjunct Lecturer, Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Professor, Department of Advanced Prosthodontics, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 37330360
DOI: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2023.04.033

Abstract

This clinical report describes a novel approach based on digital technology to fabricate a maxillofacial prosthesis for a 90-year-old woman with severe trismus who had undergone maxillectomy on the right side. The approach was safe, rapid, and less burdensome on this elderly patient, and the storage and communication of intraoral and maxillofacial prosthesis data without temporal and spatial constraints was helpful. A combination of digital and analog technology provided a maxillofacial prosthesis that improved the quality of life of this elderly patient with head and neck cancer and severe trismus.