title: Construction of a maxillary prosthesis with a hollow obturator by the balloon technique and a case report.
abstract: The authors devised a new method for making a maxillary prosthesis with a hollow obturator, which was named the Balloon Technique. This new technique has a number of advantages over the conventional method in that it not only facilitates the molding of a soft plastic hollow obturator in a single process, but also simplifies the trial fitting of the completed obturator. Furthermore, it makes possible firm adhesion of the hollow obturator and the denture base by the hot-melt method while the denture base resin is cured. Finally, the completed maxillary prosthesis is extremely light.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyake
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003764:Dental Materials; D003779:Denture Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008447:Maxillofacial Prosthesis; D010158:Palatal Obturators; D011145:Polyvinyls; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000534:rehabilitation
chemical_list: D003764:Dental Materials; D011145:Polyvinyls; C016438:ethylenevinylacetate copolymer