Digital capture, design, and manufacturing of an extraoral device for a clarinet player with Bell's palsy

Cynthia Aita-Holmes; Peter Liacouras; William O Wilson Jr; Gerald T Grant

doi:10.1016/j.prosdent.2015.02.029

Digital capture, design, and manufacturing of an extraoral device for a clarinet player with Bell's palsy

J Prosthet Dent. 2015 Aug;114(2):297-300. doi: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2015.02.029. Epub 2015 May 16.

Authors

Cynthia Aita-Holmes¹, Peter Liacouras², William O Wilson Jr³, Gerald T Grant⁴

Affiliations

¹ Lieutenant Colonel, Dental Corps, United States Army, Naval Postgraduate Dental School, Bethesda, Md.
² Director of Services, Department of Radiology, 3D Medical Applications Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.
³ Commander, Dental Corps, Maxillofacial Prosthetics, Naval Postgraduate Dental School, Bethesda, Md.
⁴ Captain, Dental Corps, United States Navy, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md. Electronic address: Gerald.t.grant.mil@health.mil.

PMID: 25985740
DOI: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2015.02.029

Abstract

An extraoral device was fabricated to assist a clarinet player with Bell's palsy. The device was fabricated by using stereophotogrammetry, digital design, and additive manufacturing technologies.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bell Palsy / rehabilitation*
Biocompatible Materials / chemistry
Computer-Aided Design*
Equipment Design
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods
Male
Middle Aged
Military Personnel
Music*
Photogrammetry / methods
Polyvinyls / chemistry
Pressure
Self-Help Devices*
Silicones / chemistry
Siloxanes / chemistry
Surface Properties
Titanium / chemistry

Substances

Biocompatible Materials
Polyvinyls
Silicones
Siloxanes
vinyl polysiloxane
Titanium