Shaping New Beginnings: Digital Custom Prosthetics With EinScan

Sakura Prosthetics is a Pioneer in the Philippines, producing lifelike, same skin tone artificial prosthetics made of high-grade quality medical silicone designed for restoration without clinical operation. Their patients require prosthetics due to accidents, trauma, and inborn disabilities. Sakura Prosthetics aims to give back hope, happiness, and joy of life to these people.

A Woman in Need of Facial Prosthetics

In 2017, Lola Rosita was diagnosed with a tumor on her right cheek. To prevent it from spreading, it was removed along with her right eye. The treatment left her with a big hole in her face. Some time after the medical intervention, the part where the eye was removed was still sore, and Lola was also afraid the tumor would come back. Due to the unexpected circumstances she is living in, she did not have the opportunity to see a doctor. Even in the midst of the pandemic, she was scrubbing and trading in garbage despite the severe risk of infection due to the exposure of her airway to her lungs.

In November of 2020, Lola´s case was featured by Reporter´s Notebook, an award-winning documentary investigative program hosted by GMA, the renowned local news and entertainment network in the Philippines.
The journalists brought Lola to the Paranaque City LGU. Thanks to their support, she could be taken to the Philippine General Hospital. After thoroughly examining Lola, the doctor stated that the tumor did not return to her face. But they strongly recommended her to get a facial prosthesis to prevent injury and infection of the hole in her face.

Lola Rosita’s New Face: 

How the EinScan Pro 2X Plus Assisted in Giving Back Smiles

Sakura Prosthetics designed the prosthesis for Lola with the help of the EinScan Pro 2X Plus. Let´s take a look at how 3D digital technologies upgraded the efficiency of the design process for the prosthetists while at the same time making it more hygienic and comfortable for Lola.

“The patient has a big cavity in her right orbital area due to the removal of cancer. The area has sensitive parts, the airway to the lungs. The conventional way of taking an impression is using dental impression materials, such as alginate or silicone rubber impression materials. This is a risky way, especially with this kind of case. Another matter is that we cannot take an impression with the patient’s eye open on the normal side of the face. This makes it difficult for us to copy its shape, and it would have taken a longer time compared to digital scanning with a 3D scanner.”

Ryo Miyata, CEO of Sakura Prosthetics