Kumar, Sandeep and Gupta, Seema and Prabhu, Nayana (2007) Reconstruction of a cranial defect with an alloplastic implant. The Journal of Indian Prosthodontic Society, 7 (3). pp. 150-152.

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Abstract

Cranial defects occur most frequently during wartime, but their incidence during peace time, as a result of accident or disease makes knowledge of cranioplasty useful to the interested practitioner. Trauma accounts for most of the cranial defects. Nume'- ous materials have been historically employed for the restoration of cranial defects. Heat-polymerized methyl methacrylai= alloplastic cranial implant requires presurgical fabrication of the implants. lt facilitates the reproduction of the contours, an: the tissue bed is not exposed to the heat of polymerization or to the free monomer. ln this study, a case report has been presented in which heatcured acrylic resin alloplastic implant has been fabricated for a patient with left frontal bone defect.

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