Insights into services provided by maxillofadal prosthetists' in the uk

Continuously evolving changes and advancements in the field of moxillofociol prosthetics impose greater challenges on the professionals in this field. Maxillofadal Prosthetists [MPT] are part of the multidisciplinary medical team involved in rehabilitating patients with maxillofacial disfigurements. This 2-part submission outlines with a series of clinical cases the rehabilitation service provided by MPT's at Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospital Trust, Nottingham, UK. These cases show the broad outline of services provided and give an overview of the service provision. Part 1, presented in this paper, shows cases that involve soft and hard tissue alloplastic reconstruction. The cases include restoration of hard and soft tissues of the nose, eyes and ears. These cases are rehabilitated due to trauma and oncology resection. Retention options include bone anchored implants and medical adhesives. Deep buried titanium implants are also discussed, these are routinely used to restore defective or absent bone in the mid-face and skull bone due to trauma and oncology resection. Body prostheses are also widely used and examples of arm, fingers and toes are shown. Part 2: Intra-oral rehabilitation, surgical planning [i.e. involving digital technologies] and post-surgical splinting [i.e. keloids, burns]. This will be presented in detail in a future issue of Smile Dental Journal. Such prostheses provided, contributed ma/or/y towards physical rehabilitation and psychological improvement of patients and were important towards patients' re-integration into the community and practicing their daily routines

3D innovations of cranioplasty plate construction: a case report

Titanium cranioplasty is one of the well-established and widely used techniques in restoring skull defects for optimal protection to skull internal structures and re-establishing skull conformity. Nowadays, most centres utilise computer-assisted reconstruction for manufacture of titanium plates. In this paper we presented a method for making titanium cranioplasty plates using the 3D innovation through making a 3D model. It can be stated that computer assisted production titanium plate for repairing skull defects is hassle free to patient and prosthetists, efficient and reliable, accurate and reproducible method. Furthermore, the resultant prosthesis constructed is accurately fitting