Prosthetic management of an craniofacial defect with a removable extra cranial prosthesis - a case report

Craniofacial prosthetics is that specialty of prosthodontics concerned with the restoration of extra oral defects of the head and neck with prostheses that may or may not be removed on a regular or elective basis which improve the quality of life. This case report presents one such removable extra craniofacial prosthesis using an alloplastic heat cure acrylic resin material to a patient who was not willing for surgical correction of the cranial defect due to accidental trauma.