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A workflow for fabricating a hollow obturator by using 3D digital technologies
Shigeto Koyama1, Hiroaki Kato2, Takayuki Harata3
1Associate Professor, Tohoku University Hospital, Maxillofacial Prosthetics Clinic, Sendai, Japan.
The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
|October 9, 2019
Abstract:
Conventional methods used for fabricating hollow obturator prostheses have numerous problems. The workflow presented in this article integrates 3D digital technologies into a functional protocol, enabling the fabrication of single-piece hollow prostheses with no joints by using an optical 3D scanner and a laminating molding device.
