CAD‐CAM Hollow Obturator Prosthesis: A Technical Report

An obturator with a hollow bulb can decrease the overall weight of the prosthesis, stress on the underlying tissues, and patient discomfort. Although many techniques and materials have been proposed in the literature for hollowing the obturator prosthesis, they are often time consuming and technique...

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Published inJournal of prosthodontics Vol. 31; no. 7; pp. 635 - 638
Main Authors Alfaraj, Amal, Su, Fang‐Yu, Lin, Wei‐Shao
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.08.2022
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3D‐printer
3D‐printing
additive manufacturing
hollow bulb
open‐source
additive manufacturing
open-source
3D-printing
hollow bulb
3D-printer
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Summary:An obturator with a hollow bulb can decrease the overall weight of the prosthesis, stress on the underlying tissues, and patient discomfort. Although many techniques and materials have been proposed in the literature for hollowing the obturator prosthesis, they are often time consuming and technique sensitive. This proposed technique used an open‐source software program to hollow a digital design of a solid obturator base from a commercially available software in one single convenient step. The hollowing process allowed precise control of prosthesis thickness at the hollow space area for desirable hermetic seal and prosthesis strength.
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ISSN:1059-941X
1532-849X
DOI:10.1111/jopr.13513