Abstract:Objectives:
Increasing use of tobacco by the younger generation has resulted in an increase in oral cavity tumors. Surgical treatment is radical and results in severe functional morbidity. Using computer-aided designing technology, surgical and rehabilitative planning can be better. We present here our concept of a patient-specific biomechanical 3D model of the tongue and its clinical utility in the management of tongue tumors.
Methods:
Using fused deposition modeling, … Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.