Soft Tissue Management and Prosthetic Rehabilitation in a Tongue Cancer Patient
One major challenge in treating head and neck oncologic patients is to achieve an acceptable recovery of physiologic functions compatible with the complete tumor excision. However, after tumor resection, some patients present a surgically altered anatomy incompatible with prosthetic rehabilitation,...
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| author | Umberto Romeo Marco Lollobrigida Gaspare Palaia Domenica Laurito Riccardo Cugnetto Alberto De Biase |
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| description | One major challenge in treating head and neck oncologic patients is to achieve an acceptable recovery of physiologic functions compatible with the complete tumor excision. However, after tumor resection, some patients present a surgically altered anatomy incompatible with prosthetic rehabilitation, unless some soft tissue correction is carried out. The aim of the present study is to describe the overall mandibular prosthetic rehabilitation of a postoncologic patient focusing on the possibility of soft tissue correction as a part of the treatment. A 72-year-old woman, who undergone a hemiglossectomy for squamous cell carcinoma several years before, was referred to our department needing a new prosthesis. The patient presented partial mandibular edentulism, defects in tongue mobility, and a bridge of scar tissue connecting one side of the tongue to the alveolar ridge. A diode laser (980 nm) was used to remove the fibrous scar tissue. After reestablishing a proper vestibular depth and soft tissue morphology, two implants were placed in the interforaminal region of the mandible to support an overdenture. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f47864f07ad148baa7d16c9b2cd4229d2025-02-03T01:00:14ZengWileyCase Reports in Dentistry2090-64472090-64552013-01-01201310.1155/2013/475186475186Soft Tissue Management and Prosthetic Rehabilitation in a Tongue Cancer PatientUmberto Romeo0Marco Lollobrigida1Gaspare Palaia2Domenica Laurito3Riccardo Cugnetto4Alberto De Biase5Division of Oral Surgery, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Caserta 6, 00161 Rome, ItalyDivision of Oral Surgery, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Caserta 6, 00161 Rome, ItalyDivision of Oral Surgery, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Caserta 6, 00161 Rome, ItalyDivision of Oral Surgery, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Caserta 6, 00161 Rome, ItalyDivision of Oral Surgery, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Caserta 6, 00161 Rome, ItalyDivision of Oral Surgery, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Caserta 6, 00161 Rome, ItalyOne major challenge in treating head and neck oncologic patients is to achieve an acceptable recovery of physiologic functions compatible with the complete tumor excision. However, after tumor resection, some patients present a surgically altered anatomy incompatible with prosthetic rehabilitation, unless some soft tissue correction is carried out. The aim of the present study is to describe the overall mandibular prosthetic rehabilitation of a postoncologic patient focusing on the possibility of soft tissue correction as a part of the treatment. A 72-year-old woman, who undergone a hemiglossectomy for squamous cell carcinoma several years before, was referred to our department needing a new prosthesis. The patient presented partial mandibular edentulism, defects in tongue mobility, and a bridge of scar tissue connecting one side of the tongue to the alveolar ridge. A diode laser (980 nm) was used to remove the fibrous scar tissue. After reestablishing a proper vestibular depth and soft tissue morphology, two implants were placed in the interforaminal region of the mandible to support an overdenture.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/475186 |
| spellingShingle | Umberto Romeo Marco Lollobrigida Gaspare Palaia Domenica Laurito Riccardo Cugnetto Alberto De Biase Soft Tissue Management and Prosthetic Rehabilitation in a Tongue Cancer Patient Case Reports in Dentistry |
| title | Soft Tissue Management and Prosthetic Rehabilitation in a Tongue Cancer Patient |
| title_full | Soft Tissue Management and Prosthetic Rehabilitation in a Tongue Cancer Patient |
| title_fullStr | Soft Tissue Management and Prosthetic Rehabilitation in a Tongue Cancer Patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Soft Tissue Management and Prosthetic Rehabilitation in a Tongue Cancer Patient |
| title_short | Soft Tissue Management and Prosthetic Rehabilitation in a Tongue Cancer Patient |
| title_sort | soft tissue management and prosthetic rehabilitation in a tongue cancer patient |
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