A survey on utilization and barriers of digital removable prostheses in the US dental education.

Purpose: Gaining knowledge on the extent of digital technology implementation in dental education and the barriers to it will help inform future directions to promote the use of such technology and will enhance dental education. This study aimed to investigate the utilization of digitally fabricated removable prostheses and the potential obstacles to implementing such technology in US dental schools.

Methods: A survey was developed and distributed to the restorative dentistry department chairs and postdoctoral prosthodontic program directors.

Dental Findings and Functional Prosthesis use in Child with Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia: A Case Report.

Fabrication of maxillary and mandibular esthetic functional prostheses in a 5-year-old female patient with ectodermal dysplasia is reported. This report presents, clinically and radiographically, the orofacial manifestations of a child diagnosed with hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, along with the construction of removable prosthetic devices.

Speech prosthesis in child patient with ectodermal dysplasia. Case report.

Fabrication of several esthetic speech prostheses in a 4-year-old child patient with ectodermal dysplasia is reported. This report details, clinically and radiographically, effects in a child diagnosed with hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, as well as speech device construction.

Computer-aided design and rapid manufacture of an orbital prosthesis.

This clinical report presents a novel approach that integrates a new optical digitizing (scanning) technique, a three-dimensional ocular prostheses database, and the Selective Laser Sintering technique to achieve the computer-aided design and manufacture of an orbital prosthesis. An optical-structured light scanner was used to develop a color digital model of the unaffected orbital contour, which was copied and then mirrored to generate the orbital prosthesis contour data. The ocular prostheses database was applied to ascertain the size and position of the eyeball within the orbital prosthesis.

Osseointegrated implants and auricular defects: a case series study.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to report on the survival rate of 16 patients treated with extraoral implants in the auricular region, analyze treatment outcomes, and discuss important clinical variables encountered during treatment.

Materials And Methods: Sixteen patients who received extraoral dental implants to retain auricular prostheses between 1987 and 2003 were followed retrospectively. The variables recorded were gender, initial diagnosis, number and size of implants, implant placement date, age at implant placement, history of radiation to the treated field, abutment size, design of initial prosthesis, age of initial prosthesis (when a remake was indicated), date of prosthesis delivery, soft tissue response, grafting procedure, date of last follow-up, and complications.

Rapid prototyping technique for creating a radiation shield.

Radiation therapy for the treatment of head and neck skin cancer poses challenges because of the inherently uneven tissue topography of the face and the need to protect surrounding unaffected tissues. The use of a customized radiation shield that combines tissue-equivalent bolus material with protective material addresses these issues. This article describes a technique using rapid prototyping to design and fabricate an extraoral radiation shield.

Immediate nasal prosthetic rehabilitation following cytomegalovirus erosion: a clinical report.

The immediate prosthetic rehabilitation of a patient with erosive cutaneous cytomegalovirus (CMV) is presented. Although CMV is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients, skin lesions are rarely discussed in the literature. Recognition of the susceptibility of medically compromised patients to infections that can cause extraoral and intraoral deformity is essential to prevention, early diagnosis, and prompt intervention of a life-threatening destructive debilitation.