Case report: impression and maxillo-mandibular relationship recording for construction of obturator prostheses.

The present case report describes a procedure for obtaining the master impression and the maxillo-mandibular relationship for the definitive prosthesis in a maxillectomy patient. After casting the metal framework, a visible-light-cured tray resin was spread over the resin retention grid and gradually cured. Modelling compound was extended over the resin with functional movements, and finally the margins of the defect were sealed with a dental impression wax. A column of light-cured resin was constructed from the lower face of the resin/compound/wax structure to the opposing dental arch. This column permitted recording of the maxillo-mandibular relationship.