Role of dental professionals in prosthetic rehabilitation
Abstract
Rehabilitation of facial defect is of paramount importance for the benefit of the patients as it adds to the improvement of their life and day to day struggles and also improve their confidance. There are various approaches which can be done to tackle the problem faced by these patients particularly the orofacial cancer survivor patients and totally edentulous patients as well as cleft patients. The dental professional particularly prosthodontists play a key role in rehabilitating these patients. This article aims on focussing various modalities to rehabilitate them.
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