• DocumentCode
    624743
  • Title

    Design and development of customized temporomandibular joint prosthesis system: Case presentation

  • Author

    Arango, Adriana ; Velasquez, Jorge ; Valencia, N. ; Toro, M. ; Rios, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Clinica las Vegas, Medellin, Colombia
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    April 29 2013-May 4 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    A temporomandibular joint prosthesis system was locally developed, the system´s greatest advantages are its capacity to adapt to each patient´s specific needs and the fact that is developed and manufactured locally which allows the health system to have better access to this kind of treatments. The preliminary results of a patient treated with the temporomandibular joint prosthesis developed system are presented.
  • Keywords
    prosthetics; customized temporomandibular joint prosthesis system; patient specific needs; Conferences; Couplings; Electronic mail; Instruments; Joints; Prosthetics; Customized; Design; Prosthesis; Temporomandibular joint;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE), 2013 Pan American
  • Conference_Location
    Medellin
  • ISSN
    2327-8161
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-6254-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568210
  • Filename
    6568210