Microstomia: Difficult Proposition to Rehabilitate

How to rehabilitate a vascular patient

How to rehabilitate a vascular patient? Castor L Maduro‐Maytin, MD, PhD Maria Ines Morales Marina Maduro‐Maytin, PhT Jose Jesus Nuñez , PhT Adress University of Carabobo‐Venezuela Vascular Laboratory‐ Vascular Rehabilitation Service, Centro Médico Rafael Guerra Méndez. Valencia. Edo. Carabobo‐ Venezuela Primer piso. Torre C. Centro Médico Rafael Guerra Méndez. Valencia. Edo. Carabobo. Venezuel...

Using Virtual Reality to Rehabilitate Neglect

PURPOSE Virtual Reality (VR) platforms gained a lot of attention in the rehabilitation field due to their ability to engage patients and the opportunity they offer to use real world scenarios. As neglect is characterized by an impairment in exploring space that greatly affects daily living, VR could be a powerful tool compared to classical paper and pencil tasks and computer training. Neverthel...

Prevention of Iodine Deficiency: Difficult to Implement, More Difficult to Sustain

Microstomia-a treatment challenge to a prosthodontist.

The branch of Prosthodontics is not only a science but also an art of handling patients who present with limitations in continuing with normal procedures. An abnormally small mouth opening is called as microstomia. The common reasons for this condition include scleroderma, orofacial malignancies, surgery, burns and TMJ ankylosis. Impressions can be made for patients with restricted mouth openin...

Foldable Denture: For Microstomia Patient

Microstomia may result from surgical treatment of orofacial neoplasms, cleft lips, maxillofacial trauma, burns, radiotherapy, or scleroderma. A maximal oral opening that is smaller than the size of a complete denture can make prosthetic treatment challenging. This clinical paper presents the prosthodontic management of a total edentulous patient with microstomia. Sectional mandibular and maxill...