Use of Immediate Obturator Prosthesis as a Rehabilitation Option in Cases of Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

ABSTRACT: Maxillary defects caused by surgical resection generate abnormal communication between the nasal and oral cavities, hindering proper eating and phonetics, and causing aesthetic damage. Prosthetic intervention is necessary to rehabilitate these patients, in order to block communication and allow correct speech and swallowing functions. This article reports the manufacture of an immediate palatal obturator prosthesis after hemimaxillectomy due to the surgical removal of an intraoral squamous cell carcinoma, which guaranteed better conditions for postoperative recovery, as well as better adaptation to the definitive prosthesis and the use of the prosthetic apparatus.