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Obturators for Acquired Palatal Defects

open access: yesDental Update, 2005
The developing role of the prosthodontist in the head and neck cancer team is discussed and a sequence of care given for patients who will require the restoration by prosthetic means of surgically created palatal defects. Various styles of definitive obturators are described.
J D Walter
exaly   +4 more sources

Palatal obturators for cleft palate patients

open access: yes, 2017
Cleft palates are one of the main craniofacial congenital malformations related to aesthetic, functional and psychosocial changes. The dentist’s understanding its many manifestations is essential to determine the best treatment to apply on each patient, a frequent option being palatal obturators.
André Correia
exaly   +4 more sources

The Nance Obturator, a New Fixed Obturator for Patients with Cleft Palate and Fistula

open access: yesJournal of Prosthodontics, 2012
Abstract In patients with fistulas that impair function (e.g., feeding, resonance, intelligibility), obturators are used to improve feeding and reduce nasal air emission by occluding the abnormal opening between the oral and nasal cavities. This report describes a novel method for occluding an anterior palatal fistula in patients with cleft palates ...
Ali, Borzabadi-Farahani   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Obturators for Cleft Palate and other Speech Appliances

open access: yesDental Update, 2005
An outline is given of palato-pharyngeal function in the cleft palate patient and how it may be expected to vary from that of the non-cleft subject. The procedure of obturator moulding is described and the functioning of palatal training appliances and palatal supports explained.
J D Walter
openaire   +3 more sources

The Impact of Early Palatal Obturation on Consonant Development in Babies with Unrepaired Cleft Palate

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 2002
Objective The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether palatal obturators enhance consonant development during babbling for babies with unrepaired cleft palate. Participants Fourteen babies with cleft palate who had worn ...
Mary A Hardin-Jones   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Cold atmospheric plasma treatment affects early bacterial adhesion and decontamination of soft reline palatal obturators

open access: yesClinical Plasma Medicine, 2017
The aim of this work was to evaluate cold atmospheric plasma bactericide activity towards biofilm formation on soft reline oral palatal obturators. Plasma was generated using two dielectric barrier discharge and tested against the oral biofilm formers ...
Anna Liguori   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

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