Gaining access into the oral cavity of patients with limited mouth opening is difficult and rehabilitation of such patients is a challenge. The loaded impression tray is a bulky item that needs to be placed intraorally. In patients with microstomia, obtaining accurate impression using conventional techniques is difficult due to limited mouth opening and thus alternate clinical procedures need t...

Worldwide, oral carcinoma is one of the most prevalent cancers and is one of the 10 most common causes of death. If oral cancers and cancers of nasopharynx, pharynx, larynx, sinus and salivary glands are combined, these sites represent more than 5% of total body cancers. Approximately 95% of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) occurs in people older than 40 years. However OSCC at a young age ha...