Abstract:A 42-year-old woman was referred to the Department of Prosthodontics, Hasanuddin University Dental Hospital with speech, swallowing and chewing difficulties caused by a fractured and non-reusable acrylic obturator. The patient had been using the obturator since maxillary tumor resection in 2012, which resulted in a significant and deep defect in the right maxillary region. Intraoral examination revealed a defect in the midline of the palate that extended to the left alveolar bone, and 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 2… Show more
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