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Oral Rehabilitation of a Patient with Cerebellopontine Angle Epidermoid Cyst
Abstract
Epidermoid cysts are rare congenital tumors of the central nervous system (CNS), histologically benign and slow- growing lesions. Their frequency among primitive intracranial tumors is about 1% and they account for 40% of all intracranial epidermoid cysts of the cerebellopontine angle (CPA); the most common symptom which brings about difficulties in oral rehabilitation of these patients is facial weakness which diversely affects impression processes and use of prosthesis. We report the oral rehabilitation of a patient with a cerebellopontine angle epidermoid cyst using neutral zone approach.
Keywords: Soft tissue thickness; Facial reconstruction; Cone Beam Computed Tomography
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