IMPLANT-SUPPORTED PROSTHESES AFTER MAXILLARY CANCER RESECTION: PRELIMINARY REPORT

1 January 1997

journal article
research article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Implant Dentistry

Vol. 6 (4) , 295-298
https://doi.org/10.1097/00008505-199700640-00006

Abstract

A preliminary study of 4 partial maxillectomy patients who received a total of 17 endosseous implants and implant-supported prostheses after oral cancer resection is reported. The masticatory function index (chewing efficiency) after implant placement was higher than the preoperative value. Speech with an implant-supported prosthesis improved as compared with previous prostheses or without a prosthesis. All of the patients received radiation and adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen therapy. The success rate after a 2-year follow-up period was 88.2 percent.

Keywords

FUNCTION
IMPLANT
PROSTHESIS
HYPERBARIC
RESECTION
PARTIAL
PREOPERATIVE
PROSTHESES
MAXILLECTOMY
ADJUNCTIVE

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