Management of a Maxillectomy Patient by Definitive Obturator (original) (raw)
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Rehabilitation of maxillectomy defect with obturator prosthesis
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Maxillary defects resulting from resection involving the maxilla pose unique surgical and prosthetic rehabilitation challenges. Such defects occur as a consequence of congenital malformations, trauma or surgical resection of tumors. Surgical reconstruction of large maxillary defect is seldom tried. The obturator is a prosthesis used to close maxillary defects to restore masticatory and phonetic functions. This clinical report describes prosthodontic management of a maxillectomy defect with obturator prosthesis.
Goal of prosthodontics is rehabilitation of missing oral and extra oral structures with restoration of normal function of mastication, speech, swallowing, appearance etc. Malignancies are common in oral region, which are treated through surgical intervention. Surgical intervention creates anatomic defect which forms communication among the oral cavity, nasal cavity and maxillary sinus. In such cases it is very difficult for the patient to perform various normal functions like mastication, swallowing, and speaking etc. Prosthodontic rehabilitation with obturator prosthesis restores the missing structures and act as a barrier between the communications among the various cavities.
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Maxillary resection performed for removal of the tumor mass, leads to esthetic, phonetic, functional and important psychological problems for the patient. The primary aim of prosthetic rehabilitation is to close the maxillary defect and eliminate such problems by use of different bulb designs. An obturator is a treatment option for the defects after maxillary tumor surgery. In this article, rehabilitation with hollow bulb obturator prosthesis was explained for a patient subjected to maxillary resection because of tumor mass.
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Background: Maxillectomy defect causes an oro-nasal opening affecting oral functions; inability to chew and swallow disorders in phonation, aesthetics and psychological depression of patients. Obturator prosthesis can result improvement in oral functions by re-establishing oro-nasal separation. Objectives: The study was done to investigate the effects of maxillary defect form, size, and remaining maxillary teeth on oral functions in post-maxillectomy patients. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted over 16 post-maxillectomy patients, age (mean±SD = 37.56±13.07 years) ranged from 18 to 70 years, male 9(56.20%) and female 7(43.80%), partially dentate, treated with obturator prosthesis at the prosthodontic department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. All patients had continuously worn the obturator prostheses for at least 3 months during the study. Data of each patient were recorded on the basis of size and form of maxillary defect, and remainin...
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Defects of maxilla are created by surgery of benign or malignant neoplasms or by trauma. Oroantral communication are created by maxillectomy that causes impaired speech, difficulty in mastication and deglutition and facial disfigurement. Patients with small oro-antral and oronasal defects may be amenable to surgical closure, but patients with larger defects are rehabilitated by prosthodontic-means in the rehabilitation of such larger defects the prosthodontist plays an important role by fabricating obturators. Obturator is the prosthesis that is used to close a palatal defect for a dentulous or edentulous patient. A clinical report of fabricating a definitive obturator with a cast metal framework for an acquired maxillary defect is described in this paper. Thus, it provides improves the speech clarity, better masticatory efficiency, and quality of life of the patient.