People who either use an upper limb prosthesis and/or have used services provided by a prosthetic rehabilitation centre, experience limitations of currently available devices. Collaboration between academia and broad range stakeholders, can lead to the development solutions that address peoples' needs. By doing so, rate device abandonment decrease. Co-creation is approach enable collaboration t...

The implant-retained fixed prosthesis has been advocated as an effective restoration offering significant benefits over conventional prosthetics. The success of treatment depends on careful pre-surgical planning and prosthesis design. This paper outlines some common complications encountered during the planning, fabrication and maintenance of both large and small fixed prostheses and suggests h...

1 Department of Prosthetics and Dental Materials, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; 2 Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, ClujNapoca, Romania; 3 Endocrinology Chair, VIth Medical Sciences Department, Faculty of Medicine, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Clu...

Wearable sensors are increasingly finding their way into applications of kinesthetic sensing, personal health monitoring, and smart prosthetics/robotics. A graphene-based composite fiber sensor with a "compression spring" structure is fabricated, featuring the ability of detecting multiple kinds of deformation. This fiber sensor is integrated into wearable sensors for monitoring human activitie...

When patients present with poorly aligned implants restoration can be a prosthetic challenge. This becomes even more problematic when the fixtures are too apical to the palatal hard and soft tissue. Removable prosthetics can overcome the esthetic challenges to these cases and yield acceptable results.

lh e tongue is one of the most frequent sites for cancer, representing 26% of all oral cancers and 0.7% of all carcinomas.’ It is also one of the most devastating tumors from a psychosocial standpoint. Although the size, type, and location of tongue lesions determine the mode and aggressiveness of treatment, surgery with or without adjunctive therapy remains the treatment of choice. Regardless ...

.................................................................................................................... iv 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................. 1 2. Theory/Methodology for Wear in Prosthetic Implants ................................................ 3 2.1 Wear Mechanisms ..........