Innovative Prosthetic Device New Materials, Technologies and Patients' Quality of Life (QoL) Improvement

• Other Authors: Cicciu, Marco (Editor), Fiorillo, Luca (Editor), De Stefano, Rosa (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Medicine; lateral incisors agenesis; space recovery; dental implants; ceramic laminate veneers; teeth preparation; dental esthetics; dental porcelain; rubber dam; prosthetic treatment planning; Digital Smile System; biomechanical phenomena; elasticity; bioengineering; fiberglass; carbon fiber; prosthesis; rehabilitation research; Covid-19; CAD/CAM; 3D printing; dental prostheses; resin printed device; coronavirus; COVID-19; 3D-printing; DPI; protection; public health; ocular prosthesis; meibomian gland dysfunction; quality of life; ocular discomfort; overdenture; digital prosthetic planning; atrophic patient; biomechanics; finite element; hyper-extension; trigger finger; stenosing tenosynovitis; tendon; tension
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An amputee patient is a patient who has lost not only a part of his body but also the annexed function. The loss of an eye, an arm, or a dental element entails a loss of function reflected in a systemic adaptation by the organism to compensate for it. Moreover, it is reflected in important psycholog...