Changes in the quality of life and acoustic speech parameters of patients in various stages of prosthetic rehabilitation with an obturator after maxillectomy

ConclusionsThe overall QOL and speech of the patients showed increasing improvement with the use of surgical obturators, immediate obturators, and definitive obturators in that order. The disease symptoms and oral functions deteriorated in the immediate postoperative phase but improved steadily and approached the preoperative level with definitive obturator prostheses.
Source: The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry - Category: Dentistry Source Type: research