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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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Esthetic and Functional Rehabilitation of an Adult Cleft Lip and Palate Patient Using Combined Fixed and Removable Prosthesis
RM Geethu1, S Anilkumar2
1 Department of Prosthodontics, Government Dental College, Alappuzha, India
2 Department of Prosthodontics, Government Dental College, Kottayam, Kerala, India
Correspondence Address:
R M Geethu
‘Mercy’, TC 16/1341 (1), Kannettumukku, Thycaud P. O., Trivandrum - 695 014, Kerala
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jid.jid_26_17
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Successful oral rehabilitation of adult patients with cleft lip and palate requires definitive fixed or removable prosthesis to assist orthodontic and orthognathic treatments. Prosthetic rehabilitation aims to improve the functional and esthetic demands and provides better oral health. The aim of this case report is to introduce a prosthetic approach for functional and esthetic rehabilitation of an adult male patient with surgically repaired cleft lip and unrepaired palate, by a combination of fixed dental prosthesis with an extracoronal attachment retained gingival veneer and a cast partial hollow-bulb obturator.
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