Authors
Thomas J. Balshi DDS, PhD, FACP1 Glenn J.Wolfinger DMD, FACP, Robert Pellecchia DDS, FACS, William Reiger DMD, MS, James W. Blakely MBE, Stephen F. Balshi MBE, Mamdouh O. Kachlan DMD.
Pi Dental Center (Prosthodontics Intermedica, LLC), Institute for Facial Esthetics, Fort Washington, PA, USA, Chairman and Program Director, Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, NY, USA, Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, CM Prosthetic, Inc., Fort Washington, PA, USA, Division of Prosthodontics, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD, USA
Correspondence
Mamdouh O. Kachlan, DMD, University of Maryland Baltimore, School of Dentistry, 650 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MA 21201. E-mail: mkachlan@umaryland.edu
Abstract
This clinical report focuses on the challenges and solutions for a child subjected to craniofacial trauma from a wild hyena biting off his nose and anterior maxilla. Unique considerations in prosthodontics and biomedical engineering were required based on future craniofacial growth and development of the child. The physical requirement of a maximum retentive prosthesis for an active, athletic child required unique engineering designs and executions. The sequence of treatment and prosthesis fabrication are detailed. The patient has been followed for 9 years without physiologic complications and only minor prosthodontic complications.
KEYWORDS
Glabella, magnets, CAD-CAM, SFI-bar, craniofacial implants, maxillofacial prosthesis, nasal prosthesis
