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Immediate palatal obturator in 3D-printing technology for a patient with planned resection of a neoplastic lesion – a case report.
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Katedra Protetyki Stomatologicznej, Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny, Polska
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Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Klinika Nowotworów Głowy i Szyi, Polska
Submission date: 2023-06-07
Final revision date: 2023-06-27
Acceptance date: 2023-09-22
Publication date: 2023-09-22
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Marcin Piotr Szerszeń
Katedra Protetyki Stomatologicznej, Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny, Warszawa, Polska
Prosthodontics 2023;73(3):193-201
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Surgical treatment of midface tumours may lead to tissue loss and, in consequence, to functional and aesthetic disorders. Providing the patient with a palatal obturator immediately after the resection procedure reduces the scope of reconstructive surgery, accelerates the wound healing process and allows physicians to restore functions such as chewing, swallowing, breathing and speech. The development of digital technologies enables their wider use in the prosthetic rehabilitation of patients, increasing the accuracy of the fabricated restorations and shortening the rehabilitation time; data archiving is possible, as well as efficient communication between various medical facilities. CAD/CAM technologies are also used in patients treated for head and neck neoplasms. The article presents a clinical case of a patient after tissue resection within the hard and soft palate with subsequent
prosthetic rehabilitation with an immediate
palatal obturator digitally designed in the Blue
Sky Plan 4 program (Blue Sky Bio, USA) based
on an intra-oral scan (Trios 3, 3Shape, Denmark)
and image of computed tomography performed
during the diagnosis of a neoplastic lesion. The
prosthetic restoration was made in 3D-printing
technology in the Asiga Max UV 385 printer
(Asiga, Australia) from the of NextDent Denture
3D+ material (NextDent, the Netherlands).