title: Prosthetic rehabilitation of edentulous patients with cleft palate.
abstract: In this work a description of prosthetic treatment of the edentulous patient with cleft palate was showed. Although positive results of surgical treatment diminish the number of these patients, more than once a dentist has to treat effectively patients in their fifties, sixties and seventies whose cleft palate was not treated with modern methods. Authors describe prosthetic solution which enables removing part of acryl from prosthesis and making air chambers. Diminishing of obturator prosthesis mass increases stabilization and retention and contributes to easier adaptation of prosthetic restoration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Skubiszewski Medical University of Lublin.
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sykut
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mieszkowski
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bakalczuk
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kleinrok
mesh_terms: D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D017266:Dental Prosthesis / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000601:surgery*