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ArticleCureus2025

Fully Digital Fabrication of Maxillary Obturator by Enhancing Rough Scan Data With Blender®: A Case Report.

Aleksandar Naydenov, Rumen Radev, Svetoslav Slavkov, Ivan Gerdzhikov

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Aleksandar NaydenovProsthetic Dental Medicine Department, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University - Sofia, Sofia, BGR.
Rumen RadevProsthetic Dental Medicine Department, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University - Sofia, Sofia, BGR.
Svetoslav SlavkovCranio-Maxillofacial Clinical Department, University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment and Emergency Medicine "N.I. Pirogov", Sofia, BGR.
Ivan GerdzhikovProsthetic Dental Medicine Department, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University - Sofia, Sofia, BGR.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obturators are prosthetic devices designed for patients with maxillofacial defects resulting from surgery, trauma, or congenital conditions. Traditional methods for obturator fabrication are often labor-intensive and uncomfortable for the patient, requiring multiple appointments and manual impressions. This case report presents one of the first fully digital workflows for the design and fabrication of an Aramany class 2 obturator using intraoral scanning, digital design, and 3D printing, without the need to use any type of impression materials and working models. This novel approach proved efficient, cost-effective, and provided optimal patient comfort.

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3d printingcaddigital dentistryintraoral scanningobturator

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PMID40642679
PMCPMC12244788

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