Abstract

The palatal defects are usually created due to palatal clefts or surgical removal of tumors or trauma. Patients with this defect are confronted with problems in speech, deglutation, mastication and appearance. The fear of food and drink entering the oronasal and/or oroantral cavities are prevented by the obturator prosthesis. This article is a description of a clinical case that was treated successfully by using a closed hollow bulb obturator.

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