OBTURATOR PROSTHETICS IN MAXILLECTOMIES: LITERATURE REVIEW AND CASE REPORT

Obturators are prostheses used to replace maxillary tissues that are missing congenitally or removed by trauma or tumor ablative surgery. these prostheses are used to restore function (speech, swallowing, and mastication), aesthetics and to rehabilitate the psychological problems in these patients. in the presence of insufficient surgical treatments or absence of surgical treatment, the rehabilitations of the defects were provided with obturators. suitable treatment planning must be done for different class of maxillary defects. obturator types used during the treatment period of maxillary defects, their manufacturing methods and one of these used in the reported case were explained in this article.key words: maxillar