Reabilitação protética com prótese total obturadora : revisão de literatura.

Abstract

The present work reports a literature review on total obturator prosthesis, a subject little covered during graduation and which has great value for the knowledge of the professional in training. In it, a review of books and articles with this same theme was carried out, talking about how a complete dental prosthesis can reproduce structures lost by injuries and surgeries, in addition to rehabilitating the quality of life of a patient who suffered the trauma. Faith concluded that using the methods that already exist in the literature and assigning due care during the procedures performed that the patient needs, such as during molding to prevent extravasation, in addition to the use of soft materials depending on the healing of the mucosa of patient, yes, it can rehabilitate the suction, chewing, breathing functions. This type of prosthesis may have a change in retention and stability due to the loss of bone and mucosa structure, if the loss is very significant, it would be necessary to use connectors or fittings on the implant.