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Year : 2007 |
Volume
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Prosthetic rehabilitation of a completely edentulous patient with palatal insufficiency
Aruna M Bhat
Department of Prosthodontics, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575 018, India
Correspondence Address:
Aruna M Bhat Department of Prosthodontics, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575 018 India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9290.30921
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This article presents a case report of a completely edentulous patient with palatal insufficiency successfully rehabilitated with closed hollow bulb obturator prosthesis and also describes a simple technique for fabricating a two-piece hollow bulb obturator that allows for control of the bulb's wall thickness and weight of the prosthesis. |
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