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. 2020 Sep 18;28:87–95. doi: 10.1016/j.jare.2020.09.004

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

Digital workflow for the fabrication of a PEKK in removal speech bulb prosthesis [38]. (A) Pretreatment maxillary arch with a defect of the soft palate. (B) Intraoral scan of the maxillary arch. (C) Computer-aided design of PEKK framework with showing components design of PEKK framework. (D) Computed-aided manufacturing showing milled framework in PEKK disk. (E) PEKK framework on the master cast. (F) Maxillary edentulous area definitive impression, maxillo-mandibular record, and impression of the soft-palate defect. (G), Final PEKK removable prosthesis. (H) Maxillary major connector. (I) PEEK rod and acrylic bulb of the prosthesis. (J) Intraoral view of the removable prosthesis with speech bulb.