Low-cost prosthesis gives Brazil cancer survivor a new face

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SAO PAULO (AFP) - Denise Vicentin looks in the mirror and bursts into tears.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

After losing her right eye and part of her jaw to cancer, the Brazilian woman is getting a new face thanks to a digitally-engineered prosthesis.

"Today with cell phone pictures, we create a three-dimensional model." Vicentin is one of more than 50 patients treated by Salazar and his colleagues since 2015. AFP has followed Vicentin's journey for more than a year and a half, documenting the various stages of her physical and psychological recovery.

As 3D printing developed in recent years, Luciano Dib - one of Salazar's supervisors and a co-researcher - got the idea to use the technique for prosthesis models. She received the completed prosthesis in early December. The small egg-sized piece fit perfectly, with magnets clipping it to the titanium implants.

 

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