Bhushan Mundada

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Maharashtra, India

Publications

  • Review Article   
    MEDPOR Implants in Rehabilitation of Maxillofacial Defects
    Author(s): Gunjan Taori*, Bhushan Mundada, Rajanikant Kambala and Nitin Bhola

    Polyethylene or MEDPOR has many advantages for medical implants as a biomaterial and is applied to fabricate polyethylene implant which is of high density and porous in nature for facial and cranial reconstruction. It is semi crystalline polymer and with high fracture toughness. They are made up of straight chain which is aliphatic in nature. MEDPOR implant comprises of medical grade, high density polyethylene which is sintered to make a flexible framework of pores which are interconnected. The treatment of maxillofacial defects is tough due to technologies shortcomings which donot provide regular protocol to re establish patient-specific anatomy. Due to increase in usage of implants in various types in restorative dentistry, use as maxillofacial prosthesis has become famous, even proven beneficial in varied number of clinical management. The material being highly.. Read More»

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