Prosthodontic rehabilitation for an acquired maxillary defect begins immediately at the time of surgical resection. Abrupt alteration of physiologic functions such as speech, mastication, deglutition, and salivary control associated with ablative surgery requires timely prosthetic intervention. Prosthetic rehabilitation begins with a surgical obturator, which is inserted at the time of surgery ...

Inborn or acquired abnormalities of the palate and contiguous structures need special prosthesis for proper intra oral rehabilitation. The Glossary Prosthodontic Terms defines obturator as “a maxillofacial used to close a congenital tissue opening, primarily hard and/or alveolar/soft structures”This article presents simplified technique fabrication dentures in anatomically compromised arches, w...