title: Basic principles of obturator design for partially edentulous patients. Part I: classification.
abstract: A classification for partially edentulous maxillectomy dental arches is proposed. This classification is based on the frequency of occurrence of maxillary defects in a population of 123 patients.
mesh_terms: D003724:Dental Arch / Q000601:surgery; D003779:Denture Design; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000145:classification*; D010158:Palatal Obturators; D011474:Prosthesis Design