Velopharyngeal incompetence: an easy prosthetic approach.
Various techniques are in use to correct palato pharyngeal defects. More important is its repair or closure of the defect and restoration of the function. Correction of such defect by means of prosthesis with speech bulb carries important place as surgical intervention can be avoided or delayed to the limit it is desired so. The method described here is simple and can be used as a part of transitary therapeutic treatment which can be replaced by permanent metallic appliance later on.
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D006801:Humans; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D013060:Speech; D014681:Velopharyngeal Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy*