title: Prosthetic rehabilitation of a completely edentulous patient with palatal insufficiency.
abstract: This article presents a case report of a completely edentulous patient with palatal insufficiency successfully rehabilitated with closed hollow bulb obturator prosthesis and also describes a simple technique for fabricating a two-piece hollow bulb obturator that allows for control of the bulb's wall thickness and weight of the prosthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575 018, India. drarunabhat3@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Aruna M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bhat
mesh_terms: D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003761:Dental Impression Technique; D003779:Denture Design; D003824:Denture, Complete; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010158:Palatal Obturators