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Combined digital-conventional workflow to fabricate a definitive obturator from an interim obturator for a patient
Islam E Ali1, Kouichi Enomoto2, Yuka Sumita3
1Doctoral student, Department of Advanced Prosthodontics, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan; Assistant Lecturer, Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
Abstract:
An existing interim obturator can be reproduced as the definitive one using digital technology, with benefits for a patient with a maxillectomy. By digitally scanning the oral condition and the existing interim obturator, a definitive obturator, including a computer-aided designed and computer-aided manufactured metal framework, was fabricated and delivered to a patient with an anterior maxillectomy defect by following a combined digital and conventional workflow. This technique can hasten the adaptation of the patient to the new obturator and ensure a more comfortable and safer clinical procedure.
