Year : 2024

Volume : Volume 15

Issue : Issue 6

Address for correspondence :
Dr. Ishan Roy Choudhury
ishanr3@gmail.com

Abstract

Oral cancer is the sixth most common type of cancer in India and oral squamous cell carcinoma dominates all the oral cancer cases with potentially malignant disorders. Consumption of tobacco including smokeless tobacco, betel-nut chewing, excessive alcohol consumption, unhygienic oral condition, and sustained viral infections are some of the risk factors for the incidence of oral cancer. Lack of knowledge increases the mortality rate of any form of cancer. Surgical resection of the tumor produces various problems such as mandibular deviation due to formation of scar tissue and decreased mouth opening due to trismus. Functional rehabilitation is hampered due to denture instability which is a major disadvantage in such cases. This article highlights the functional rehabilitation of a hemi-mandibulectomy patient who has undergone resection without reconstruction followed by radiotherapy with a denture having twin neutrocentric concept of occlusion.