Prosthetic lip with the retentive attachment for a unilateral cleft lip patient: A clinical report

Patients afflicted with congenital cleft lip defect experience disfigured facial esthetics and lack of oral competency that could reduce the speech intelligibility. Rehabilitation of such cosmetic deformities condition often encountered with dental abnormalities becomes the challenge. When surgical...

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Main Authors: Khushboo Singh, Nayana Prabhu, Dhanasekar Balkrishanan, Aparna I Narayana, S Pradeep
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
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Online Access:http://www.contempclindent.org/article.asp?issn=0976-237X;year=2019;volume=10;issue=3;spage=577;epage=581;aulast=Singh
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spelling doaj-128c3baa2cfe4d4e9200813949247fb92020-11-25T02:25:19ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsContemporary Clinical Dentistry0976-237X0976-23612019-01-0110357758110.4103/ccd.ccd_801_18Prosthetic lip with the retentive attachment for a unilateral cleft lip patient: A clinical reportKhushboo SinghNayana PrabhuDhanasekar BalkrishananAparna I NarayanaS PradeepPatients afflicted with congenital cleft lip defect experience disfigured facial esthetics and lack of oral competency that could reduce the speech intelligibility. Rehabilitation of such cosmetic deformities condition often encountered with dental abnormalities becomes the challenge. When surgical treatment is not desired, prosthetic reconstruction turns out to be an economical option. This clinical treatment describes the fabrication of a maxillary lip prosthesis supported by a cast partial denture retained with magnetic attachment in a cleft lip patient. The use of intraoral magnets placed labially on the cast partial denture and on the counterpart of the prosthesis improved the retention. Moreover, the biomedical-grade silicone prosthesis used to blend closely with the patient's skin shade fulfilled the esthetic needs.http://www.contempclindent.org/article.asp?issn=0976-237X;year=2019;volume=10;issue=3;spage=577;epage=581;aulast=Singhbiomedical-grade siliconecast partial denturecleft lipintraoral magnetslip prosthesis
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author Khushboo Singh
Nayana Prabhu
Dhanasekar Balkrishanan
Aparna I Narayana
S Pradeep
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Nayana Prabhu
Dhanasekar Balkrishanan
Aparna I Narayana
S Pradeep
Prosthetic lip with the retentive attachment for a unilateral cleft lip patient: A clinical report
Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
biomedical-grade silicone
cast partial denture
cleft lip
intraoral magnets
lip prosthesis
author_facet Khushboo Singh
Nayana Prabhu
Dhanasekar Balkrishanan
Aparna I Narayana
S Pradeep
author_sort Khushboo Singh
title Prosthetic lip with the retentive attachment for a unilateral cleft lip patient: A clinical report
title_short Prosthetic lip with the retentive attachment for a unilateral cleft lip patient: A clinical report
title_full Prosthetic lip with the retentive attachment for a unilateral cleft lip patient: A clinical report
title_fullStr Prosthetic lip with the retentive attachment for a unilateral cleft lip patient: A clinical report
title_full_unstemmed Prosthetic lip with the retentive attachment for a unilateral cleft lip patient: A clinical report
title_sort prosthetic lip with the retentive attachment for a unilateral cleft lip patient: a clinical report
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
issn 0976-237X
0976-2361
publishDate 2019-01-01
description Patients afflicted with congenital cleft lip defect experience disfigured facial esthetics and lack of oral competency that could reduce the speech intelligibility. Rehabilitation of such cosmetic deformities condition often encountered with dental abnormalities becomes the challenge. When surgical treatment is not desired, prosthetic reconstruction turns out to be an economical option. This clinical treatment describes the fabrication of a maxillary lip prosthesis supported by a cast partial denture retained with magnetic attachment in a cleft lip patient. The use of intraoral magnets placed labially on the cast partial denture and on the counterpart of the prosthesis improved the retention. Moreover, the biomedical-grade silicone prosthesis used to blend closely with the patient's skin shade fulfilled the esthetic needs.
topic biomedical-grade silicone
cast partial denture
cleft lip
intraoral magnets
lip prosthesis
url http://www.contempclindent.org/article.asp?issn=0976-237X;year=2019;volume=10;issue=3;spage=577;epage=581;aulast=Singh
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