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Pre-operative photo of the patient after the nasal reconstruction using the forehead flap.
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Prosthodontics, government dental college and hospital for a nasal prosthesis. Patient was treated at ENT hospital for nasal reconstruction with forehead flap and was referred to the department of prosthodontics after 2 days for immediate nasal stents Figure 1.
Impression being taken from the donor patient of the same age group.
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The compound was softened, and added onto handle made up by bunch of 3 matchsticks joined with cyanoacrylate glue, impression compound molded into cylindrical core of approximate length was added onto the prepared handle, and inserted into each nasal vestibule of donor-patient Figure 2, after it is set impression was retrieved and checked for accuracy.
Prepared nasal stents.
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Impressions were flasked using split mould technique in dental flask, kept in hot water for 5 min at 80  to soften the compound later flask was opened and compound impressions were retrieved and discarded and mold was created into which heat cured clear acrylic in dough stage was packed and acrylzed in conventional processing manner, stents were retrieved, hallowed out, and highly polished Figure 3 and inserted into the patient nostrils Figure 4.
Postoperative photo of the patient after placement of the bilateral nasal stents.
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Impressions were flasked using split mould technique in dental flask, kept in hot water for 5 min at 80  to soften the compound later flask was opened and compound impressions were retrieved and discarded and mold was created into which heat cured clear acrylic in dough stage was packed and acrylzed in conventional processing manner, stents were retrieved, hallowed out, and highly polished Figure 3 and inserted into the patient nostrils Figure 4.