2019 Volume 11 Issue 2 Pages 143-146
Patient: A 61-year-old man suffered from chewing and swallowing difficulties. His jaws were edentulous and the right half side of the tongue was reconstructed with a transplanted flap after removal of a cancer, and its mobility was restricted. As a result of the assessment, the case was diagnosed as masticatory dysfunction and dysphagia caused by tongue movement disorder and poorly fitted dentures associated with surgery to remove the tongue cancer. As the final prostheses, an upper complete denture with the shape of a palatal augmentation prosthesis and a lower complete denture were provided.
Discussion: It is considered that a good prognosis was achieved by functionally harmonizing the denture form with the tongue and the perioral muscles, such as by using piezography for taking impressions of the denture space.
Conclusion: In postoperative cases of tongue cancer, making functionally coordinated dentures is useful for reconstructing function after surgery.
