Obturators for Acquired Palatal Defects

From Volume 32, Issue 5, June 2005 | Pages 277-284

Authors

J D Walter

BDS, DDS, FDS RCS(Ed.)

Emeritus Reader in Prosthetic Dentistry, Department of Prosthodontics, Floor 20, Guy's Tower, GKT Dental Institute, London SEI 9RTand Locum Consultant, Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Articles by J D Walter

Abstract

The developing role of the prosthodontist in the head and neck cancer team is discussed and a sequence of care given for patients who will require the restoration by prosthetic means of surgically created palatal defects. Various styles of definitive obturators are described.

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