Reconstruction of the soft palate in oral cancer to repair an operative defect with speech aid prosthesis: a case report.
A soft palate defect may result from surgical resection, and its consequences could include hypernasal speech and nasal regurgitation of food and liquids. A speech aid prosthesis fabricated for patients can improve nasal emission during speech, and assist in preventing nasal regurgitation of food. This article presents a case of the reconstruction of a soft palate defect by prosthetic obturation.
Faculty of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shin-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Chau-Hsiang
CH
Wang
I-Yeuh
IY
Huang
Je-Kang
JK
Du
Jen-Hao
JH
Chen
Huey-Er
HE
Lee
Ka-Wo
KW
Lee
Ju-Hui
JH
Wu
D000368:Aged; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010158:Palatal Obturators; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000601:surgery*; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*