J Indian Prosthodont Soc
March 2016
Burns can leave a patient with a severely debilitating disability even after treatment. The objectives of burn rehabilitation are to minimize the adverse effects caused by the injury while rehabilitating the patient's physical and psychological well-being, maximizing social integration. Long-term success of maxillofacial prostheses mainly depends on the retention.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFConservative treatment of obstructive sleep apnea includes weight loss, changes in sleep posture, drug therapy, nasal continuous positive airway pressure and placement of an intraoral prosthesis. This article describes the success achieved in a case treated with conservative therapy, that is, intraoral prosthesis. A mandibular advancement prosthesis was fabricated for a 35-year-old male patient suffering from obstructive sleep apnea.
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