CLINICAL VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH THE REHABILITATION OF A HEMIMANDIBULECTOMY PATIENT
Abstract
The mandible is perhaps one of rarest bones that could be hypothetically termed as an organ because not only it helps in mastication and deglutition it plays a major role in species survival. Humans exceptionally have refined and mastered its use in communication also. The bone is unique in the body since it is a single bone that is attached by two separate joints that are capable of functioning independently. Its attachment with the remaining skull besides temperomandibular joint also includes an attachment through muscles, ligaments, disk, occlusion, and skin. Any breach in the continuity of the mandible through disease or trauma results in a pattern of mandibular movement that is more complex and dynamic in nature. Hemimandibulectomy is one such clinical condition that results after the removal of any portion of the mandible and poses clinical challenges to prosthodontic rehabilitationists. This article presents a case of hemimandibulectomy who was successfully rehabilitated by using a dynamic occlusal ramp in the maxillary complete denture.
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