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Face prosthesis
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Artificial, removable replacement of parts of the face to cover disfiguring defects, e.g. nose, midface, lower jaw, ear and eye epitheses. Hard plastics of the methyl methacrylate type or soft materials based on acrylic or silicone are used. A prerequisite for epithetic treatment is that the defect heals in a load-stable manner and is suitably shaped to accommodate an epithesis.