Department of Pedodontics and Preventive dentistry
Date:6thOCTOBER2022
Title:“ OBTURATOR DELIVERY”
Resource persons:
Dr.K.M.Parveen Reddy
Associate Proff  Department of Pedodontics and Preventive dentistry
Navodaya Dental College ,RAICHUR
Objective:The program was conducted to understand  the use to close palatal defects after maxillectomy, to restore masticatory function and to improve speech. The primary goals of the obturator prosthesis are to preserve the remaining teeth and tissue and to provide comfort, function, and aesthetics to the patients
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Post event feedback:
- The participants understood that An obturator is an prosthesis made for the upper jaw to close a defect in the palate. Removal of oral and sinus cancers will often result in an opening from the mouth into the sinus or nose. An obturator covers this areas and protects the opening from food and liquid..
- The participants understood Several advantages can be achieved with obturators such as: replacing teeth as well as soft and hard tissues, allowing approximately normal speaking and swallowing for the patient.
