Construction Of An Intraoral Nasal Stent For A Patient With Postatrophic Rhinitis Saddle Nose Deformity
Nasal prosthesis
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.70284/njirm.v3i5.428Keywords:
Intraoral nasal stent, inlay nasal grafting, gumfit partial denture, oro-nasal openingAbstract
This case report discusses about a 50 years old female who had post atrophic rhinitis saddle nose deformity. The patient was first treated by a plastic surgeon who did “Inlay nasal grafting†and after that a temporary nasal stent was given which served mainly two purposes : 1) initially it maintained the graft in position and 2) secondly it prevented contracture of the graft. Also, a gumfit removable partial denture was given for replacing upper central incisors of the patient which greatly improved her esthetics.
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