FUNDAMENTALS
OF FACIAL
PROSTHETICS
Robert L. McKinstry, D.M.D.,
M.D.S., M.A.
224
pages* Over 300 illustrations * 8 1/2 x 11 *
Hardcover *
ISBN 1-886236-00-3 * Acid Free Paper * $95.00 *
FUNDAMENTALS
OF FACIAL PROSTHETICS is a timely and complete guide
to the field of facial reconstruction. It provides
essential "how-to" information on facial
prosthetic rehabilitation for professionals in the
medical, dental, and ancillary health care fields
involved in prescribing, fabricating, or placing a
facial prosthesis for patients who have lost a
portion of their face through surgical removal
secondary to cancer, birth defects, or from trauma.
Dr.
Robert E. McKinstry, D.M.D., M.D.S.,., M.A., is
currently the Director of the Shadyside Maxillofacial
and Cleft Palate Prosthetics Center in Pittsburgh,
PA.. He is the former Director of the Regional Center
for Maxillofacial Prosthetic Rehabilitation as well
as the former Director of the Graduate Maxillofacial
Prosthodontic Residency at The Eye and Ear Hospital,
The University of Pittsburgh School of Dental
Medicine. He has also taught at Emory University,
School of Dentistry and at the University of North
Carolina School of Dentistry.
FUNDAMENTALS
OF FACIAL PROSTHETICS is arranged in 15 chapters,
based on the various subspecialties concerned. topics
included are:
Psycholigical Approaches to Patient
Management
Facial Anatomy and Proportions
Retention and Facial Prostheses
Impressions for Facial Prostheses
Priciples of Facial Sculpting
Mold Making
Facial Materials
Ocular Prostheses
Orbital
Prostheses
Nasal Prostheses
Auricular Prostheses
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Coloration of Prostheses
Implant-Retained Facial Prostheses
Digital Prostheses
Care
and Maintenance of Facial Prostheses
