A Simplified Technique for Construction of an Interim Obturator for a Bilateral Total Maxillectomy Defect

International Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 166-168

  Shaker, Khaled Taymour ^a  

^a NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; ALGINIC ACID; SILASTIC;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; JAW TUMOR; MALE; MAXILLA; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; SPEECH; SWALLOWING; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ALGINATES; DEGLUTITION; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLA; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PALATAL NEOPLASMS; PALATAL OBTURATORS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SPEECH;

EID: 0034158296     PISSN: 08932174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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