Rehabilitation of Total Maxillectomy with Magnet Retained Obturator- A Case Report
Prosthetic rehabilitation of patients who have undergone total maxillectomy has always been a challenging task for the Prosthodontist. Such a patient presents with unique combination of multiple problems.1 In addition to the debilitation associated with surgery the patient has to continue nasogastric feeding till the maxillary defect is obturated prosthetically or by surgical reconstruction.2 It is challenging for the treating prosthodontist to combine and achieve all the characteristics a maxillofacial prosthesis such as, light weight, retention, stability, and esthetics and being functionally adequate, in a compromised clinical situation as that of a total maxillectomy.3 In the clinical situation described, clinician has used his ingenuinity in fabricating a light weight, 2-piece obturator with magnetic attachments. The final prosthesis was considerably retentive, stable and proved to be functionally efficient for the patient.
