Combined digital-conventional workflow to fabricate a definitive obturator from an interim obturator for a patient with an anterior maxillectomy defect.

Autor: Ali IE; Doctoral student, Department of Advanced Prosthodontics, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan; and Assistant Lecturer, Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt., Enomoto K; Certified Dental Technician, Dental Laboratory, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan., Sumita Y; Adjunct Lecturer, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan; Professor, Division of General Dentistry, The Nippon Dental University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: sumita@tky.ndu.ac.jp., Wakabayashi N; Professor, Department of Advanced Prosthodontics, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of prosthetic dentistry [J Prosthet Dent] 2023 Jun 03. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 03.
DOI: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2023.04.028
Abstrakt: 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.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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