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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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| Issue : 5 | Page : 299-301 |
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A conservative method of retaining an interim obturator for a total maxillectomy patient
Nirmal Famila Bettie
Department of Prosthodontics, Thai Moogambigai Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Nirmal Famila Bettie
No. 52, Servai Munusamy Mudaliar Street, Velapadi, Vellore - 632 001, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jpbs.JPBS_127_17
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Interim obturators are indicated during the postsurgical phases. It promotes surgical healing and serves as a temporary prosthesis to rehabilitate a patient with intra-oral surgical defect. Retention is gained by wiring, surgical suturing, and other noninvasive methods to enable functional rehabilitation and easy replacement with a permanent obturator. Interim obturators serve as an easy guide for replacing with definitive obturators by indicating prosthesis extensions and the required method of retention. A more conservative and noninvasive method of retaining an interim obturator for a maxillectomy patient is described in this case report.
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