title: A hollow definitive obturator fabrication technique for management of partial maxillectomy.
abstract: Maxillary obturator prosthesis is the most frequent treatment option for management of partial or total maxillectomy. Heavy weight of the obturators is often a dislocating factor. Hollowing the prosthesis to reduce its weight is the well established fact. The alternate technique to hollow-out the prosthesis has been described in this article which is a variation of previously described processing techniques. A pre-shaped wax-bolus was incorporated inside the flasks during packing of the heat-polymerized acrylic resin to automatically create the hollow space. The processing technique described is a single step flasking procedure to construct a closed-hollow-obturator prosthesis as a single unit. To best understand the technique, this article describes management of a patient who had undergone partial maxillectomy secondary to squamous cell carcinoma rehabilitated with a hollow-obturator prosthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Government Dental College and Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Pravinkumar Gajanan
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.forename: Smita Pravinkumar
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Patil