title: Obturators for cleft palate and other speech appliances.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Floor 20, Guy's Tower, GKT Dental Institute, London SE1 9RT.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Walter
mesh_terms: D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006171:Gutta-Percha; D006801:Humans; D010156:Palatal Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D010158:Palatal Obturators; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000503:physiopathology; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation; D014681:Velopharyngeal Insufficiency / Q000534:rehabilitation
chemical_list: D006171:Gutta-Percha