Abstract
Patient: A 50-year-old female patient with minor maxillary defect was afflicted with an ipsilateraloroantral fistula. A unilaterally designed obturator was constructed for the patient. She was satisfiedwith the obturator because no leakage or seepage into the antrum occurred during mastication. Itwas also aesthetically acceptable due in particular to the small size of the denture. In this clinicalreport, treatment with the unilaterally designed obturator is discussed.
Discussion: The use of functional impression techniques during the trial denture stage registered theoptimal shape of the soft tissues while they were loaded under a variety of functional conditions. Thisacted to distribute the functional forces to the saddle area proportionally and prevented any leakageand seepage of food into the defect.
Conclusion: The unilaterally designed obturator prosthesis has served to restore masticatory functionas well as to obturate the maxillary defect.
