2023 Volume 15 Issue 3 Pages 317-320
Patient: A 31-year-old woman visited our hospital with the chief complaint of esthetic dissatisfaction after glossectomy and segmental mandibulectomy due to tongue cancer. Dysmasesis, dysphagia and dysarthria were also present due to loss of occlusal contact in the centric relation and decreased tongue movement. Rehabilitation was performed by wearing a denture for defective jaw and palatal augmentation prosthesis (PAP) with a functional form.
Discussion: Wearing the denture improved the esthetics, and the chewing cycle stabilized by acquiring occlusion. Rehabilitation by using PAP strengthened the tongue and suprahyoid muscles and led to increased tongue pressure and movement range.
Conclusion: The esthetic dissatisfaction and dysmasesis were improved by wearing a denture for defective jaw. Furthermore, rehabilitation using PAP also improved the dysmasesis, dysphagia and dysarthria caused by decreased tongue movement.
