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Multiple-abutment fixed partial dentures in maxillofacial prosthetics. 1979

H O Gold, and S Pruzansky

Ten patients were presented to illustrate multiple-abutment fixed partial dentures used in combination with auxiliary prosthetic attachments of a fixed or removable design to solve diverse problems encountered in the rehabilitation of congenital and acquired orofacial defects. While such fixed prostheses have high initial costs, their effectiveness and long-term cost-benefits suggest that, where appropriate, they represent optimum therapy that will prove most economical over the long term.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008341	Mandibular Prosthesis	A prosthetic appliance for the replacement of areas of the mandible missing or defective as a result of deformity, disease, injury, or surgery.	Mandibular Prostheses,Prostheses, Mandibular,Prosthesis, Mandibular
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
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D009971	Orthodontics, Corrective	The phase of orthodontics concerned with the correction of malocclusion with proper appliances and prevention of its sequelae (Jablonski's Illus. Dictionary of Dentistry).	Corrective Orthodontics
D010158	Palatal Obturators	Appliances that close a cleft or fissure of the palate.	Cleft Palate Prosthesis,Nasoalveolar Molding Devices,Obturators, Palatal,Cleft Palate Prostheses,Device, Nasoalveolar Molding,Devices, Nasoalveolar Molding,Molding Device, Nasoalveolar,Molding Devices, Nasoalveolar,Nasoalveolar Molding Device,Obturator, Palatal,Palatal Obturator,Palate Prostheses, Cleft,Palate Prosthesis, Cleft,Prostheses, Cleft Palate,Prosthesis, Cleft Palate
D010614	Pharynx	A funnel-shaped fibromuscular tube that conducts food to the ESOPHAGUS, and air to the LARYNX and LUNGS. It is located posterior to the NASAL CAVITY; ORAL CAVITY; and LARYNX, and extends from the SKULL BASE to the inferior border of the CRICOID CARTILAGE anteriorly and to the inferior border of the C6 vertebra posteriorly. It is divided into the NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; and HYPOPHARYNX (laryngopharynx).	Throat,Pharynxs,Throats
D011474	Prosthesis Design	The plan and delineation of prostheses in general or a specific prosthesis.	Design, Prosthesis,Designs, Prosthesis,Prosthesis Designs
D002972	Cleft Palate	Congenital fissure of the soft and/or hard palate, due to faulty fusion.	Cleft Palate, Isolated,Cleft Palates,Palate, Cleft,Palates, Cleft
D003761	Dental Impression Technique	Procedure of producing an imprint or negative likeness of the teeth and/or edentulous areas. Impressions are made in plastic material which becomes hardened or set while in contact with the tissue. They are later filled with plaster of Paris or artificial stone to produce a facsimile of the oral structures present. Impressions may be made of a full complement of teeth, of areas where some teeth have been removed, or in a mouth from which all teeth have been extracted. (Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982)	Dental Impression Technic,Dental Impression Technics,Dental Impression Techniques,Impression Technic, Dental,Impression Technics, Dental,Impression Technique, Dental,Impression Techniques, Dental,Technic, Dental Impression,Technics, Dental Impression,Technique, Dental Impression,Techniques, Dental Impression