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144 <strong>Medical</strong> modelling<br />

6.23 Coronal CT scan demonstrating classic orbital blow-out fracture.<br />

6.24 Stereolithographic model constructed from epoxy resin showing<br />

the ‘trap door’ defect in the left orbital fl oor, viewed from below as if<br />

in the maxillary antrum looking up (lateral margins <strong>of</strong> the defect<br />

indicated with small arrows, under surface <strong>of</strong> zygomatic arch indicated<br />

with single large arrow).<br />

construction <strong>of</strong> a plaster cast <strong>of</strong> the orbital defect. A medical-grade titanium<br />

prosthesis was constructed from this working cast (Fig. 6.25). <strong>The</strong> prosthesis<br />

was packaged and sterilised by the hospital central sterile supplies department<br />

according to standard protocols for titanium medical implants.

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