2022 Volume 14 Issue 2 Pages 181-184
Patient: A 65-year-old female was referred by an oral surgeon for preoperative examination of a maxillary gingival tumor. After tumor resection, she had a defect with perforation into the maxillary sinus in her right-side maxillary bone. An interim obturator prosthesis was inserted and adjusted as the soft tissue changed during the postoperative wound healing period. After the perforation was closed, the definitive prosthesis was delivered.
Discussion: The interim obturator prosthesis restored mastication function and esthetics. Careful adjustment of the obturator and stability of the prosthesis may have led to spontaneous closure of the perforation into the maxillary sinus.
Conclusion: A maxillectomy patient was effectively rehabilitated by collaborating with the surgeon, using surgical, interim and definitive prostheses.
