A chairside technique to add customized anterior acrylic resin teeth to a surgical obturator

Kamarudin KH 1 , Hattori M 2 , Sumita YI 3 , Taniguchi H 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Research student, Department of Maxillofacial Prosthetics, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan; and Restorative Dental Specialist, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
  • 2 Assistant Professor, Maxillofacial Prosthetics, Clinics for Oral and Maxillofacial Rehabilitation, Dental Hospital, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: sasamfp@tmd.ac.jp
  • 3 Junior Associate Professor, Department of Maxillofacial Prosthetics, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
  • 4 Professor, Department of Maxillofacial Prosthetics, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
J Prosthet Dent, 2017 Sep 06.
PMID: 28888415 DOI: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2017.06.005

Abstract

A surgical obturator may need to be modified during the healing process after tissue resection. Apart from relining the fitting surfaces to accommodate the healing wound and changes in the surrounding tissues, other modifications such as adding teeth are sometimes required to improve esthetics and speech. This article describes a chairside technique to add customized acrylic resin teeth to an existing surgical obturator.

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