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Flasking technique for large facial prostheses. 1979

B Shipman, and J Bader

By utilizing the giant press and the plastic pipe flask, large facial prostheses can be flasked and processed to allow thin, well-adapted margins without distortion. The plastic flask is easily stored for a remake of the prosthesis at a future date if it should be necessary.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008447	Maxillofacial Prosthesis	A prosthetic appliance for the replacement of areas of the maxilla, mandible, and face, missing as a result of deformity, disease, injury, or surgery. When the prosthesis replaces portions of the mandible only, it is referred to as MANDIBULAR PROSTHESIS.	Maxillary Prosthesis,Maxillary Prostheses,Maxillofacial Prostheses,Prostheses, Maxillary,Prostheses, Maxillofacial,Prosthesis, Maxillary,Prosthesis, Maxillofacial
D011474	Prosthesis Design	The plan and delineation of prostheses in general or a specific prosthesis.	Design, Prosthesis,Designs, Prosthesis,Prosthesis Designs
D011476	Prosthodontics	A dental specialty concerned with the restoration and maintenance of oral function by the replacement of missing TEETH and related structures by artificial devices or DENTAL PROSTHESES.	Dentistry, Prosthetic,Prosthetic Dentistry
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man