This case report details the orofacial dental rehabilitation of a 46-year-old man, who had lost significant maxillary bone following a T4N2 oral squamous cell carcinoma. The cancer was treated with surgery and adjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Rehabilitation was based on the placement of four oncology zygomatic implants, which were splinted by a ring-shaped milled titanium bar. This formed the support for a removable obturator, which was retained by precision attachments. The treatment resulted in a large reported improvement in the patient’s quality of life, chewing capacity, speech and appearance. The treatment also allows for long-term mouth cancer surveillance in a young man of this age, as the resection site can be easily visualised on removal of the obturator.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.