Nasal reconstruction with silicone using customised impression technique

Abstract

Facial defects can result from a variety of reasons including trauma, burns, infections, congenital disorders, and neoplasms which require surgical correction or prosthetic rehabilitation or both. Prosthetic replacement using various materials is the treatment of choice when other surgical options are not possible. This report presents a case of acquired nasal defect secondary to a surgically operated adenoid cystic carcinoma using silicone as the material of choice.

Keywords

• Adenoid cystic carcinoma
• maxillofacial prosthesis
• nasal prosthesis
• silicone prosthesis