Abstract
The outcome of maxillofacial prosthetics can be optimized by multidisciplinary collaboration in the rehabilitation of patients with maxillofacial defects and oro-pharyngeal functional disorders. In the 22nd Educational Symposium of the Japanese Association of Maxillofacial Prosthetics in 2017 in Tokyo, three lecturers （prosthodontist, oral surgeon and speech language pathologist） introduced the present state of multidisciplinary systems in their institutes, and discussed how the systems should be managed and improved. As an introduction of their review articles, the personal insight of the prosthodontist was presented based on the experience of collaboration with oral surgeons, dental technicians, dental hygienists, nurses, dietitians, speech language pathologists and caregivers in maxillofacial rehabilitation.
