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

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PavanKumar Koralakunte Ravi, Nandeeshwar Basavapura, Doddabadappa, Dhanyakumar Budihal Hanumanthappa and Rudraprasad Inayalli V

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.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2020.21694.4269
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