Effect of Early Stage Dent-maxillary Prosthesis in the Rehabilitation of Maxillectomy Patients

• 作 者: TakahiroOno;
• 机 构: Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry
• 出 处: 2014xi`an Conference of International Society for Maxillofac
• 发表日期: 2014年期

　　Purpose: Aesthetic and functional rehabilitation for maxillectomy patients should be started as soon as possible.In our department,Early Stage Dent-maxillary Prosthesis(ESDP)has been delivered to postsurgical maxillectomy patients for this purpose.ESDP is fabricated on the pre-surgical working model,so it duplicates the dentition and alveolar contour on the prosthesis.In my lecture,procedure to fabricate ESDP and its effect in the rehabilitation will be presented.ESDP improves masticatory ability as well as speech intelligibility at the similar level with definitive obturator.Questionnaire assessment of quality of life(QOL)by using EORTC QLQ-H&N35 revealed that patients with ESDP showed higher QOL in the items such as [speech],[social eating],[social contact],[problems with teeth] than patients with delayed surgical obturator.ESDP can be recommended as an effective treatment for maxillectomy patients.