Total maxillectomy patient treated with a custom made orthodontic appliance: case report
International Journal of Development Research
Total maxillectomy patient treated with a custom made orthodontic appliance: case report
Received 05th July, 2018; Received in revised form 25th August, 2018; Accepted 17th September, 2018
Published online 29th October, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Amita Parkhedkar and Kohli. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Prosthetic rehabilitation with surgical obturator for total maxillectomy patients is a challenging job because of the lack of normal hard and soft tissue support. In such cases the obturator can be retained with a spring-retained appliance if mandibular dentition is normal. A patient (treated with total maxillectomy) was rehabilitated with a new spring-retained surgical obturator. The spring used in this type of appliance is made up of 23-gauge stainless steel orthodontic wire which incorporates four coils. The spring is simple in design, applying light, clinically acceptable seating force, easily cleansable and causing no soft tissue irritation.
