Reabilitação protética de comunicação buco-sinusal: relato de caso clínico

Abstract

The communications or oroantral fistulas are pathologic conditions that comes from the cleft palates and lip notches, tooth extractions, pathological lesions removal, traumatic injuries due to sharp objects and infections with bone destruction that leads to continuity between oral cavity and nasal/sinus. The aim of this study was to relate a case report of prosthetic rehabilitation of oroantral communication of a patient with a history of a salivary gland cyst’s resection in the soft palate. Was made a new partial denture, containing an obturator portion constituted of self-setting acrylic resin and resilient resin to sealing the imperfection without cause uncomfortable to the patient. The final result of the case was satisfactory, because the prosthetic approach for correction of defects in the palate, is a conservative alternative to return function, phonetics, aesthetics and quality of life for patient.