title: Basic principles of obturator design for partially edentulous patients. Part II: design principles.
abstract: A classification for partially edentulous maxillectomy patients has been proposed, and a suggested design for each class is discussed. A simplified approach to the planning of resective surgery and a guide for the design of the maxillary obturator prosthesis have been presented.
mesh_terms: D000044:Dental Abutments; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D003779:Denture Design; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000145:classification / Q000628:therapy*; D010158:Palatal Obturators; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D013314:Stress, Mechanical