Influence of Prosthodontic Rehabilitation Using Zygomatic Implants in Covid 19 Related Mucormycosis (Rhino-Orbital-Cerebral) Maxillectomy Patients Upon Post-Operative Stress, Anxiety and Functional Impairment: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Lakshya KumarAditi VermaUma Shanker PalKhurshid Ahmed MattooYoussef Abdullah AlgarniSaeed Awod Bin HassanSuheel Manzoor BabaSumaya Yousuf JeriShafait Ullah KhateebPublished in: Clinical interventions in aging (2023)
Post ROCM maxillectomy cases after prosthetic rehabilitation using zygomatic implants showed significant improvement in the psychological (stress and anxiety) as well as function (mastication and speech) characteristics. Rehabilitation post ROCM maxillectomy with the present approach of fixed prosthesis using zygomatic implants mitigates deficient mastication and speech. It also impacts positively on patient psychology by decreasing stress and anxiety.