BACKGROUND: Evaluating the efficiency of the reconstruction with immediate prosthesis for large bone loss in patients submitted to maxillectomy considering: hospital outcome, taking out the nasoenteral tube, swallowing, speaking, funcional and esthetic reabilitation. METHODS: We evaluated 20 patients, fourteen males and 6 females, with ages varying from 7 to 78 years old, eleven with squamous cell carcinoma. We performed the prosthesis modeling within the operation time with acrylic samples. The time of prosthesis modeling was about 45 minutes and all patients left the operating room with the prosthesis in their mouths. RESULTS: The results were highly satisfactory for all patients. The hospital length of stay was 8.1 days; the nasoenteral tube was taken out in 7.3 days. The majority of patients had oral feeding in 3.3 days with paste food. The voice was considered good for all cases. CONCLUSION: We concluded that immediate prosthesis of large bone loss post maxillectomy reduced the hospital length of stay and the time of taking out the nasoenteral tube. The prosthesis allows earlier feeding and keeping the voice; reducing the cicatricial retraction and allowing the patient to return to his professional activities earlier. Therefore, we recommend that it must be done as a routine procedure.
Mouth neoplasms; Maxillofacial prosthesis; Denture, complete, immediate
