Obturators for Cleft Palate and other Speech Appliances

From Volume 32, Issue 4, May 2005 | Pages 217-222

Authors

J D Walter

BDS, DDS, FDS RCS(Ed.)

Emeritus Reader in Prosthetic Dentistry, Department of Prosthodontics, Floor 20, Guy's Tower, GKT Dental Institute, London SEI 9RTand Locum Consultant, Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Articles by J D Walter

Abstract

An outline is given of palato-pharyngeal function in the cleft palate patient and how it may be expected to vary from that of the non-cleft subject. The procedure of obturator moulding is described and the functioning of palatal training appliances and palatal supports explained.

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