An obturator prosthesis for a 4-year-old child following treatment of a juvenile trabecular ossifying fibroma with a maxillary resection

Abstract

Juvenile trabecular ossifying fibroma (JTOF) is a benign fibro-osseous lesion that usually occurs in the maxilla or mandible. Individuals with JTOF of the maxilla will most commonly require a resection that can result in a significant palatal defect. Appearance and articulatory, masticatory, and deglutitory functions can be restored with a clasp-retained obturator. Providing a prosthetic obturator with adequate retention in situations where the teeth cannot accommodate clasps because of insufficient eruption can be challenging. This article describes a technique that has been developed for such instances—in this situation, a 4-year-old child who had undergone a maxillary resection because of a JTOF.