HOLLOW BULB OBTURATOR PROSTHESIS FOLLOWING TOTAL MAXILLECTOMY

Abstract

Rehabilitation of patient with malignant tumors in maxilla requires a multidisciplinary approach. Prosthodontic care, with maxillary obturator, of a patient with acquired maxillary defect provides comfort, function, aesthetics and minimal changes to the remaining compromised structures. An obturator is the maxillofacial prosthesis used to close a congenital or acquired tissue opening, primarily of the hard palate and/or contiguous alveolar/soft tissue structures. We are presenting a case who was rehabilitated with obturator following extended total maxillectomy for angiosarcoma of right maxilla.

Keywords: Maxillofacial prosthesis, Obturator, rehabilitation