Reabilitação de paciente com prótese bucomaxilofacial em labio superior: relato de caso

Abstract

Maxillofacial Prosthesis have arisen to rehabilitate patients who have lost some part of the face due to accidents, bone destruction due to the use of drugs such as cocaine or large neoplasm that have been treated with extensive surgical intervention. The objective of this study is to report a clinical case of facial rehabilitation with a Maxillofacial Prosthesis from a patient with a history of surgically treated lip cancer who lost the upper lip. The work emphasizes the importance of the use of prosthesis in the rehabilitation of patients and discusses the functional, aesthetic and psycho - emotional benefits of their installation, as well as their impact on the quality of life of those involved. The results of rehabilitation were positive in the aesthetic and functional aspects and allowed us to conclude that the Maxillofacial Prosthesis brings benefits to the patients and that their use is a fundamental part of the rehabilitation of people with cancer in the head and neck region or benign neoplasm of large proportions, undergoing surgical treatment.