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01-01-2021 | Oral Cancer | Commentary

Strategic use of obturator prostheses for the rehabilitation of oral cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors: Thais Bianca Brandão, Cesar Augusto Migliorati, Aljomar José Vechiato-Filho, Wagner Gomes Silva, Ana Carolina Prado Ribeiro, Orlando Parise-Junior, Luiz Paulo Kowalski, Alan Roger Santos-Silva

Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Issue 1/2021

Abstract

During the current pandemic scenario, maxillofacial rehabilitation specialists involved with supportive care in cancer must transform its practice to cope with COVID-19 and improve protocols that could quickly return the oral function of complex cancer patients who cannot wait for surgical complex rehabilitation. This includes the role of the maxillofacial prosthodontist for the rehabilitation of surgically treated patients with maxillary cancers by the means of filling obturator prostheses that are considered an optimal scientific-based strategy to reduce hospital stay with excellent pain control, oral function (speech, swallowing, mastication, and facial esthetics), psychologic and quality of life outcomes for the patients following intraoral cancer resection. Therefore, the aim of this commentary was to bring new lights to the strategic use of obturator prostheses for the rehabilitation of oral cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as to present a protocol for managing such cases.

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Title: Strategic use of obturator prostheses for the rehabilitation of oral cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Thais Bianca Brandão
Cesar Augusto Migliorati
Aljomar José Vechiato-Filho
Wagner Gomes Silva
Ana Carolina Prado Ribeiro
Orlando Parise-Junior
Luiz Paulo Kowalski
Alan Roger Santos-Silva
Publication date: 01-01-2021
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Oral Cancer
COVID-19
Oral Cavity Carcinoma
Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer / Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-020-05694-5

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