Abstract
Although orofacial cancer leads to substantial functional, esthetic, and psychosocial
deficits for patients, reconstructive plastic surgeries may not be indicated for large
facial defects. The high costs of prosthetic oral maxillofacial rehabilitation may
hamper such treatment, which commonly involves virtual planning, craniofacial implants,
and computer-aided design and computer-aided manufactured prostheses. This report
shows the treatment of 2 patients with large facial defects from surgical resection
of cancerous tissue who were rehabilitated with implant-supported bar-clip overdentures
and facial prostheses fabricated by using low-cost straightforward methods.
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Published online: December 07, 2020
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