Palatal obturator: Perioperative concerns

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EC DENTAL SCIENCE Mini Review Palatal Obturator: An Update

The presence of a palatal defect can cause functional, aesthetic, and social distress to the patients. The design and fabrication of oral appliance (obturators) to occlude oral cavity from nasal passage/ antrum or to replace parts of the palate missing due to congenital defects or lost through tumours, infection or trauma has been a considerable challenge for clinicians however significant adva...

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Speech Evaluation with and without Palatal Obturator in Patients Submitted to Maxillectomy

Most patients who have undergone resection of the maxillae due to benign or malignant tumors in the palatomaxillary region present with speech and swallowing disorders. Coupling of the oral and nasal cavities increases nasal resonance, resulting in hypernasality and unintelligible speech. Prosthodontic rehabilitation of maxillary resections with effective separation of the oral and nasal caviti...

Obturator prostheses following palatal resection: clinical cases Protesizzazione mediante otturatore dopo resezione palatale: casi clinici

Malignant tumours of the upper gum and hard palate account for 1-5% of malignant neoplasms of the oral cavity; two thirds of the lesions which involve these areas are squamous cell carcinomas. Most of these carcinomas are diagnosed late, when they invade the underlying bone. The procedures of choice for removal are: alveolectomy, palatectomy, maxillectomy, which may be total or partial. Surgica...