The Softurator: When, Where and How We do It?

Abstract

Factors that affect management of surgical defects are surgical site, amount of remaining support tissue, presence of teeth and defect characteristics. When these factors are not favorable, successful prosthetic management of surgical defect becomes more challenging. Simultaneously, prosthesis should be comfortable to supporting and surrounding tissues as well as surgical defect. In the presented case, we have used soft polyvinyl siloxane material for fabrication of temporary surgical obturator to cover the surgical defect at the junction of hard and soft palates. Soft, flexible material is used for better adaptation to the changing morphology of surgical defect and also improves functions like speaking and swallowing. How to cite this article Shah PD, Mukherji S. The Softurator: When, Where and How We do It? Int J Head Neck Surg 2015; 6(2):93-95.