Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 24-27, January 2005

A customized orofacial brachytherapy carrier: A clinical report

  • Anupama Sharma, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Postgraduate Prosthodontics
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Dr Anupama Sharma 133 East 58th Street Suite 803 New York, NY 10022 Fax: 646-735-1843
    • ,
  • Kenneth S. Kurtz, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Dentistry
    • ,
  • Kenneth M. Schweitzer, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Dentistry
    • ,
  • David R. Silken, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Former Director, Post Graduate Prosthodontics
    • ,
  • Jonathan Beitler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Interim Chairman, Radiation Oncology

Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (MMC/AECOM), Bronx, NY

This report describes a method in which a customized carrier was fabricated for a patient experiencing difficulty during initial brachytherapy treatment, while using a conventional radiation carrier. When designing a customized brachytherapy carrier for a maxillary defect, it is imperative to achieve stability and retention to ensure maximal therapeutic radiation to the desired location. The fabrication and benefits of using a customized, retentive, stable, and comfortable orofacial brachytherapy carrier are described.

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 Supported by a grant from the American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthodontics (AAMP).Presented in December 2002 as a table clinic before the annual sessions of the AAMP and American College of Prosthodontists (second place).

PII: S0022-3913(04)00662-6

doi:10.1016/j.prosdent.2004.10.006

Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 24-27, January 2005

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