The validity of oral prosthetic stents for maxillofacial cancer during radiation therapy: Case report

Abstract

Radiation prosthetic stents are the customized oral devices fabricated for efficient administration of radiation dose to the affected areas or minimizing the unnecessary irradiation to surrounding normal tissues on head and neck neoplasms. Since the use of these stents is individualized, a close collaboration among surgeon, radiotherapist and prosthodontist is essential thereby which helps in limiting the post-therapy morbidity. In this report, two customized stents, tissue bolus and tongue depressing type were successfully applied to patients who were under RT plan due to soft palate cancer and tongue carcinoma respectively.