Interim obturators are indicated during the postsurgical phases.It promotes surgical healing and serves as a temporary prosthesis to rehabilitate a patient with intra-oral surgical defect.Retention is gained Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer by wiring, surgical suturing, and other noninvasive methods to enable functional rehabilitation and easy replacement with a MOIST REPAIR LEAVE IN permanent obturator.Interim obturators serve as an easy guide for replacing with definitive obturators by indicating prosthesis extensions and the required method of retention.
A more conservative and noninvasive method of retaining an interim obturator for a maxillectomy patient is described in this case report.