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Sujey Morgan maxillofaial prosthodontics - TEDMED
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AwarenessoftheMaxillofacialProsthodonticsSubspecialtyBySujeyMorganWheneverIamaskedmyprofession,IrespondthatIamaMaxillofacialProsthodontist.ThetermisnotknownbymanyandmostpeopleassumethatIamasurgeonofsomesort.Bytrainingthough,Iamadentist.MaxillofacialProsthodonticsisasubspecialtyofProsthodontics—oneoftheninespecialtiesofdentistry—thatmanagesthereplacementandrestorationoflostormissingstructuresandfunctionsintheheadandneckregion.MaxillofacialProsthodonticsisaverysmallfield.Therearefewerthan300intheUnitedStates.TheprofessionalassociationiscalledtheAmericanAcademyofMaxillofacialProsthetics(AAMP).Ourmissionistopromoteeducationandresearchandadvocateforthecareofthepatientswhoneedourservice.MaxillofacialProsthodontistsworkaspartofamulti-disciplinaryteaminHeadandNeckdepartmentsatvarioushospitalsanduniversities.Weworkcloselywithoralandmaxillofacialsurgeons,plasticsurgeons,ear,noseandthroatsurgeons,oncologists,pathologists,speechtherapists,occupationaltherapistsandphysiotherapists.Ourroleinvolvestherehabilitationofpatientswithdefectsordisabilitiesthatwerepresentatbirth,developedfollowingtraumaoracquiredfollowingcancerorotherdiseases.Onecommonprocedureisthefabricationofamaxillaryobturator.
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Thisprosthesisisaremovabledenturethatfillsavoidintheupperjawthatwascreatedaftertheremovalofatumororwaspresentatbirthsuchaswithacleftpalate.MaxillofacialProsthodontistsarealsoinvolvedinthereplacementofmissingteeth,eyes,earsandnoses.
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TrainingtobecomeaMaxillofacialProsthodontistinvolvescompletionofaone-yearfellowshipfollowingatraditionalthree-yearprosthodonticresidency.Thefellowshipisusuallyinahospital-basedenvironmenttreatingpatientswhoareundergoingsurgicaltreatment,chemotherapy,andradiationtherapy.Formoreinformation,[email protected].
Acknowledgment
Tufts University
American Academy Of Maxillofacial Prosthetics
Postgraduate Prosthodontics Program
TUSDM
3dMD