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Obturators for acquired palatal defects
1GKT Dental Institute, Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
Dental Update
|June 28, 2005
Abstract
Unlabelled:
The developing role of the prosthodontist in the head and neck cancer team is discussed and a sequence of care given for patients who will require the restoration by prosthetic means of surgically created palatal defects. Various styles of definitive obturators are described.
Clinical Relevance:
A knowledge of the care of patients with palatal defects is of value to GDPs and to members of the head and neck cancer team.

