I am new here. I had an inferior maxillectomy and neck dissection on 8/16/2010. I have an interim obturator now but will be getting a definitive one very soon. I have not met anyone that wears one. I still have problems with it irritating my mouth and hurting. It is better after some of the alignments than others, but never has it been as good as I had expected. It has been almost 3 weeks since my last one and I have leakage, my speech is not very good, my bite is off, and there is irritation.

Should I expect the same with the definite obturator as with the interim one?

Linda