10/08/2026
🟣🟣🟣 Some prosthetic restorations are not about beauty; some of them really make a difference in quality of life!
CASE OF THE WEEK presents patient who came to our office after having partial maxilla resection due to oral cancer. Those cases require a prosthesis that provides everyday functions like eating, drinking water, swallowing or properly pronouncing the words.
🟣🟣🟣 When it comes to the technical details of the maxillary obturator, specific procedures are needed to block the undercuts that will interfere with insertion of the prosthesis as well as the make sure that the bulbous extension of the acrylic will not create any trauma on the underlying structures.