TOPIC: MAXILLOFACIAL DEFECTS AND PROSTHESIS

🎯 KEY POINTS:

🔹Rapid prototyping technology used in maxillofacial prosthodontics is used to create three-dimensional models from a three-dimensional representation (CT scan or MRI).

🔹Essig splint is used to stabilize fractured or repositioned teeth and the involved alveolar bone.

🔹Inflatable balloon obturators were first described by K.W. Coffey in 1984. These are used to minimize displacement of the soft tissues.