Application of Soft Denture Relining Base to Defects of the Palate in Two Dogs with Oral Malignant Melanoma

Abstract

We applied soft relining materials for denture base, which are used in human dentistry to reduce a pain of putting in a denture, to the two dogs with oral malignant melanoma. Their palates were invaded by tumor and the defects occurred between the oral cavity and the nasal cavity after radiation therapy. Clinical signs of rhinitis such as sneeze were shown when they ate and drunk. The application of relining material to the defects resolved clinical signs and was accepted by each dogs. While regular cleaning or additional applicating to the expanding defects, they lived with good QOL for several months until lung metastasis progressed.