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Jin-Hong Park, DDS, MSc/Ki-Sun Lee, DDS, MSc/Jeong-Yol Lee, DMD, MSc, PhD/Sang-Wan Shin, DDS, MPH, PhD, MSc: Digital impressions can be a useful option that reduces patient discomfort and simplifies clinical procedures such as accurate impression recordings. In this report, a patient with a partial maxillectomy was managed with a metal frame fabricated from a digital impression through an intraoral scanner. The final impression employed the altered cast technique for the fabrication of the obturator.
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