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| Year : 2018 |
Volume
: 29 | Issue : 1 | Page
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A cast partial obturator with hollow occlusal shim and semi-precision attachment
Mukesh Kumar Singhal, Farah Ahmad, Chandana Nair, Pinki Bankoti
Department of Prosthodontics, Crown & Bridge and Maxillofacial Prosthetics Including Implantology, Philibhit By Pass Road, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Mukesh Kumar Singhal
17-B, Prakash Puram, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/ijdr.IJDR_813_16
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A maxillofacial patient's quality of life is distorted and social integration becomes difficult. An obturator is a maxillofacial prosthesis used to close a congenital or acquired tissue defect, primarily of the hard palate and/or contiguous alveolar/soft-tissue structures. Subsequently, it restores the esthetics, speech, and function. The present clinical report aimed for the prosthetic rehabilitation of a maxillectomy defect by the incorporation of a semi-precision attachment as PRECI-SAGIX – male part of 2.2 mm on fixed partial denture (#22 and #23 teeth) and matrix – plastic female part of size 2.2 mm and height 4.2 mm of yellow on cast partial in polymer base. It aids in the retention of a hollow lightweight obturator. The technique also described the method to make a bulbless obturator with a hollow self-cured acrylic resin occlusal shim. A patient is quite satisfied with bulb less, lightweight cast partial and hollow shim palatal obturator. |
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