Integration of intraoral scanning and conventional processing to fabricate a definitive obturator: A dental technique

Hatem Alqarni; Mathew T Kattadiyil; Ruth Aponte-Wesson; Mohammed Alfaifi; Hussain Alsayed

doi:10.1016/j.prosdent.2020.04.024

Integration of intraoral scanning and conventional processing to fabricate a definitive obturator: A dental technique

J Prosthet Dent. 2021 Oct;126(4):596-599. doi: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2020.04.024. Epub 2020 Sep 26.

Authors

Hatem Alqarni¹, Mathew T Kattadiyil², Ruth Aponte-Wesson³, Mohammed Alfaifi⁴, Hussain Alsayed⁵

Affiliations

¹ Teaching Assistant, Prosthetic Dental Science Department, College of Dentistry, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Fellow, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Oral Oncology and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: Dr.hatem@hotmail.com.
² Professor and Director, Advanced Specialty Education Program in Prosthodontics, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, Calif.
³ Associate Professor, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Oral Oncology and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
⁴ Graduate student, Advanced Specialty Education Program in Prosthodontics, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, Calif.
⁵ Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

PMID: 32988612
DOI: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2020.04.024

Abstract

Clinical challenges occur when treating patients with maxillofacial defects with digital technology. This report describes a technique that combines intraoral scanning to fabricate a milled record base along with the conventional processing to fabricate a definitive maxillary obturator prosthesis.

MeSH terms

Computer-Aided Design*
Dental Impression Technique
Dental Prosthesis Design
Humans
Maxillofacial Prosthesis*