Maxillofacial Defect Resulting from Mucormycosis Rehabilitation with a Magnetic Retained Facial Prosthesis and Obturator

Authors

  • Quratul-Ain-Mariam General Dentist, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Bharrat Kumar Assistant Professor, Dow International Dental College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Sheheryar Minallah Dental Department, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Afsheen Maqsood Department of Oral Pathology, Bahira University Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract

Mucormycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection, invasive in nature, caused by fungi that belong to the order Mucorales of the class Phycomycetes. Clinical appearance of mucormycosis varies with the site of entry of fungus and the organ systems that it invades. A case of a prosthetic rehabilitation of a patient with extensive intraoral and extraoral defect acquired due to the fungal infection “mucormycosis" is presented.

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2022-12-30

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Quratul-Ain-Mariam, Kumar , B. ., Minallah, S. ., & Maqsood, A. . (2022). Maxillofacial Defect Resulting from Mucormycosis Rehabilitation with a Magnetic Retained Facial Prosthesis and Obturator. ALTAMASH JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY AND MEDICINE, 1(2), 88–92. Retrieved from https://ajdm.altamash.edu.pk/index.php/ojs3/article/view/3

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2022): Altamash Journal of Dentistry and Medicine

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Case Report

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