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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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Dental implant-retained auricular prosthesis
Farzad Yeganeh1, Abbas Haghighat2, Maryam Amini-Pozveh1
1 Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
2 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Implants Research Center, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Maryam Amini-Pozveh
Department of Prosthodontics Dentistry, University of Medical Science, Isfahan
Iran
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DOI: 10.4103/1735-3327.245227
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Absence or loss of facial structures causes functional deficits and enormous psychological distress, so rehabilitation is necessary. However, facial prostheses have some difficulties due to mobile underlying tissues and retention. We used dental implant instead of conventional maxillofacial implant and safe on four prosthetic systems which is used in over dentures for retention of auricular prosthesis.
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