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ArticleCureus2024

Rehabilitation of Acquired Maxillary Defect With Patient-Specific Implants Post-mucormycosis Resection: A Case Report.

Deepesh Saxena, Avi Pahwa, Ayush Kumar

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Deepesh SaxenaDepartment of Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge, Subharti Dental College and Hospital, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, IND.
Avi PahwaDepartment of Prosthodontics and Implantology, Clove Dental Clinic, Bangalore, IND.
Ayush KumarDepartment of Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge, Subharti Dental College and Hospital, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, IND.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The outbreak of COVID-19 swept massive masses causing rhinocerebral mucormycosis, a fatal mycotic infection, and high mortality among humans. ​It affects individuals with weakened immune systems, resulting in severe ulcers on the palate or perforation of the palate, accompanied by blackish necrotic tissue and exposure of underlying bone.​ Some of the key symptoms include rhinorrhea, facial swelling, pain in the orofacial region, varying degrees of fever, headaches, blurred vision due to proptosis, and involvement of the contents of the orbit. The impairment is enormous and thus needs a surgical resection of the palate and associated structures, leaving the patient with both compromised function and psychological impairment. This case report presents a new digital technique for the rehabilitation of acquired maxillary defects with patient-specific implants.

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defectmaxillofacial prosthesis implantationpalatal obturatorpatient-specific implantrhino-orbital mucormycosis

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PMID39493144
PMCPMC11531353

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