title: Multidisciplinary approach for esthetic, functional, and quality-of-life outcome in soft palate cleft patient.
abstract: The fabrication of a Suersen obturator prosthesis with titanium framework is described in the case of a 43-year-old man with congenital absence of the soft palate. The patient revealed an open soft palate, bilateral cleft lip and palate, Angle Class III dental malocclusion, and anterior and posterior crossbite. He was treated with a multidisciplinary approach. A Dolder bar was fabricated between the maxillary canines, and telescopic crowns were prepared for maxillary premolars. Angle Class III tooth relation was readjusted to tooth-tooth relation; closure of the nasopharynx and oropharynx was performed by Suersen method, which improves speech.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Cumhuriyet University, 58140 Sivas, Turkey. drhknkn@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akin
authors.forename: Mehmet Emre
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Coskun
authors.forename: Emine Gulsah
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Akin
authors.forename: Ali Kemal
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D003824:Denture, Complete; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000628:therapy; D008313:Malocclusion, Angle Class III / Q000628:therapy*; D010158:Palatal Obturators; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000002:abnormalities; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000628:therapy*; D011788:Quality of Life