Goiato Marcelo Coelho, dos Santos Daniela Micheline, Moreno Amália, Santiago Joel Ferreira, Haddad Marcela Filié, Pesqueira Aldiéris Alves, Miyahara Glauco Issamu
Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, Univ Estadual Paulista, Faculty of Dentistry of Araçatuba, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil.
J Craniofac Surg. 2011 Jul;22(4):1445-7. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31821d17bd.
The prosthetic treatments play a role in the rehabilitation of patients with congenital and acquired cleft palate. To prepare the surgical field and/or correct inevitable sequelae of the surgery, the rehabilitation with obturator prosthesis is an auxiliary or complementary treatment to surgical treatments. In cases where the surgical treatment is contraindicated, the prosthetic rehabilitation becomes a definitive treatment. The denture is planned and fabricated according to each patient. Therefore, the aim of this study was to discuss the prosthetic rehabilitation performed in patients with oronasal communication.
