Maxillofacial prosthetist and technologist

Maxillofacial prosthetist and technologist

Maxillofacial prosthetist and technologist is the term used in the United Kingdom for a specialist who delivers facial, ocular and other prostheses which restore form and function to the body.

In the United States, this specialty is known as anaplastology.

In the UK,[1] the main governing body for the practice of maxillofacial prosthetics is the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetics and Technologists.

References

  1. ^ Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetics and Technologists (IMPT) website.

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  • Anaplastology — ( Gk. ana again, anew, upon plastos something made, formed, molded logy the study of ) is a branch of medicine dealing with the prosthetic rehabilitation of an absent, disfigured, or malformed anatomically critical location of the face or body.An …   Wikipedia

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