In the 1986 musical, Andrew Lloyd Weber's The Phantom of the Opera, the character Erik wears a facial mask to hide his facial deformities.
Spohn and a group of like-minded colleagues founded the American Anaplastology Association (AAA) at Stanford University, in Palo Alto, California. Ladd's pieces were secured with bands around the head, which were often concealed by false eyeglasses. A notable sculptor who created prosthetic pieces for victims of war was Anna Coleman Ladd, a member of the Red Cross who made casts of her patients' faces and then, by hand, would create pieces out of galvanized copper, tin foil, and human hair for them to wear. Individuals whose injuries were unable to be treated with plastic surgery or reconstructive surgery techniques available to them at the time were given the option of wearing customized pieces to restore the natural appearance of their face. In the Battle of the Somme, an estimated 4,000,000 shots were fired, causing 20,000 facial injuries. Professionals certified by the BCCA are designated as Certified Clinical Anaplastologists and denote their credential with the CCA title. Biology, behavioral sciences, materials science, and physics are the studied sciences with emphases in superficial anatomy and physiology of humans, polymer science, optics, dermatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, otolaryngology, and oncology to name a few.Ĭertification in the field of anaplastology is provided by the Board for Certification in Clinical Anaplastology (BCCA). Visual arts are studied, namely photography, illustration, sculpture, and painting.
The studies of an anaplastologist consist of the arts and sciences. In such a setting, there are times the anaplastologist collaborates with prosthodontists and ocularists. In urban or more developed locations, an individual referred to as an anaplastologist is one who solely works with facial, ocular or somatic prostheses. In locations around the world where facial, ocular and somatic prostheses are not readily available, a dentist who specializes in maxillofacial prosthetics (prosthodontics), or a dental technician or an ocularist, may also be titled an anaplastologist. Spohn and is used worldwide.Īn anaplastologist (also known as a maxillofacial prosthetist and technologist in the UK) is an individual who has the knowledge and skill set to provide the service of customizing a facial ( craniofacial prosthesis), ocular or somatic prosthesis. The term anaplastology was coined by Walter G. ana -again, anew, upon plastos -something made, formed, molded logy -the study of) is a branch of medicine dealing with the prosthetic rehabilitation of an absent, disfigured or malformed anatomically critical location of the face or body. An anaplastologist fits an Iraq War veteran with prosthetic earsĪnaplastology ( Gk.
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