Restoration of acquired maxillary defect with an obturator prosthesis is a well evident approach in rehabilitation of maxillofacial defects. 1 Obturator therapy enhances the phonetics, aesthetics, swallowing and mastication, and occludes the oral and nasal cavity, thereby escalating the quality of life of patients. 2 Intraoral scenario of a maxillectomy state is much incomparable to that of a normal partial edentulous situation. 3 The prosthesis has to depend principally on the remaining hard and soft tissues for retention, stability and support. Nevertheless, a heterogeneous pattern of force gets transmitted when the patient performs any oral function. Altogether, more dislodging and rotational force get activated when the defect is huge and normal residual structures are less. 4,5 The size and configuration of the maxillectomy defect is one of the significant factors determining the prognosis of treatment.Lightweight hollow prostheses are fabricated when the defect size is large in order to improve the retention, stability, speech resonance and comfort of the patients. 6 A definitive closed hollow bulb obturator is the preferred mode of therapy proximately 6 months after
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