Fabrication of an Implant-Supported Prosthetic Ear

This Text is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty of Health & Wellness Sciences at Digital Knowledge. It has been accepted for inclusion in Tygerberg Dental Sciences by an authorized administrator of Digital Knowledge.The patient has lost his left ear (Fig. 1). He had to wear a prosthesis with mechanical retention for 4 years, due to active hepatitis that the patient had at the time when the first prosthesis could be fabrication. His first prosthesis could be replaced this year. Implants were now placed in the left side of his skull, for retention of the new prosthesis. A dolder bar attachment was fabricated to attach the prosthesis to the implants. A new prosthesis was fabricated