A hollow definitive obturator fabrication technique for management of partial maxillectomy
The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
;
: 248-253, 2012.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-69151
ABSTRACT
Maxillary obturator prosthesis is the most frequent treatment option for management of partial or total maxillectomy. Heavy weight of the obturators is often a dislocating factor. Hollowing the prosthesis to reduce its weight is the well established fact. The alternate technique to hollow-out the prosthesis has been described in this article which is a variation of previously described processing techniques. A pre-shaped wax-bolus was incorporated inside the flasks during packing of the heat-polymerized acrylic resin to automatically create the hollow space. The processing technique described is a single step flasking procedure to construct a closed-hollow-obturator prosthesis as a single unit. To best understand the technique, this article describes management of a patient who had undergone partial maxillectomy secondary to squamous cell carcinoma rehabilitated with a hollow-obturator prosthesis.
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Main subject:
Prostheses and Implants
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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