Prosthetic Reabilitation of the Patient With Application of the Impression Tray-Transformer: Case Report

Abstract

Improvement of surgical methods of treatment of patients with malignant neoplasm of the oropharyngeal region increased the number of positive prognoses for the rehabilitation of patients with surgical defects. However, prosthetic care presents great difficulties for this patients because of complications during antitumor treatment. The treatment of malignant neoplasm leads to temporary and permanent lockjaws besides the disturbance of breath, swallowing, speech. Optimization of existing stages of prosthesis fabrication is necessary to improve the effectiveness of prosthetic care for patients with malignant neoplasm of the oropharyngeal region.