CASE REPORTweekly, for 12 weeks, along with three-dimensional radiotherapy, for 33 days, with a total dose of 5940 cGy.Later prosthetic rehabilitation was planned with a one-piece closed bulb acrylic palatal obturator and mandibular conventional BackgroundSquamous cell carcinoma is a malignant tumor of epithelial origin which presents cellular atypia and represents 90% of malignant neoplasms within oral neoplasms. It is usually diagnosed late, thus making it difficult to treat and prone to produce debilitating sequelae. It affects men more often, with a peak incidence in the sixth and seventh decades of life, and smoking increases the risk of developing it. [1][2][3] Treatment followed for squamous cell carcinoma is surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of them. It varies according to the tumor's size, location, clinical course, and patient's health status. 1 As it is an invasive neoplasm with the possibility of recurrence, surgery can result in disfigurement, and repairing such defect with plastic surgery is unfeasible. In these cases, dental and maxillofacial prostheses are successful treatment options for patients to improve function, esthetics, social interaction, and quality of life. 4 This case report presents the rehabilitation of a patient who had undergone hemimaxillectomy for the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma with maxillofacial and dental prostheses. case descriptionA 59-year-old Caucasian male patient came to the Hospital de Câncer de Mato Grosso, Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil, with a history of an ulcerated lesion in the right nasolabial sulcus. The patient reported smoking for the last 30 years. On examination, it was found that the lesion was extending to the maxilla and measuring approximately 2 × 2 cm in diameter. The patient reported associated pain for 4 months. The plastic surgeon performed the initial assessment, and the patient was referred to the head and neck surgeon. An incisional biopsy was planned and performed under local anesthesia. The histopathological diagnosis confirmed it as maxillary squamous cell carcinoma (Fig. 1).Around 2 months later, the patient underwent surgical intervention under general anesthesia for tumor resection. Hemimaxillectomy was performed, which led to the loss of structures in the middle third of the right side of the face, including part of the nasal appendage (Fig. 2). Adjuvant chemotherapy with cisplatin was started 20 days after surgery and was performed
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