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Patients with jaw defects due to tumors, trauma, or congenital diseases generally have more severe oral dysfunction and esthetic problems than normal patients. Prosthodontic treatment is essential in the majority of such cases to improve their quality of life. However, their oral functions may not improve with a dentomaxillary prosthesis installed in the oral environment where it is difficult to achieve support, bracing and retention, which are the requirements for a stable denture.
It is extremely important to improve and maintain the QOL of patients with jaw defects, therefore, it is necessary to provide a prosthesis that offers the best possible functional improvement. The postoperative oral environment is diverse, and the key points of each treatment for fabricating dentomaxillary prostheses are different.
This article outlines the trend of patients of our Department of Maxillofacial Prosthetics, our approach to prosthesis fabrication, oral environment problems for prosthesis fabrication after surgery, the types of retainer used for prostheses, and the postoperative oral functions. The integration with surgery and maxillofacial prosthetic treatment from a prosthetic standpoint is discussed from these perspectives.
