title: Customizing palatal contours of a denture to improve speech intelligibility.
abstract: Accurate approximation of palatal contours of a maxillary complete denture to a patient's tongue can improve speech intelligibility, if other factors such as tooth position, occlusal plane, and occlusal vertical dimension are satisfactory. Customizing palatal contours of a maxillary complete denture can be accomplished by using tissue-conditioning material, which provides sufficient working time for a patient to pronounce a series of sibilant sounds while recording dynamic impression of the tongue. This article describes a technique for customizing palatal contours of a maxillary complete denture with autopolymerizing acrylic resin to improve speech intelligibility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Restorative Dentistry, Southern Illinois University, Alton, IL 62002, USA. hkong@siue.edu
authors.forename: Hyung-Jun
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Carl A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000737:chemistry; D003761:Dental Impression Technique; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D003779:Denture Design; D003827:Denture, Complete, Upper; D006801:Humans; D010159:Palate; D010700:Phonetics; D010795:Phthalic Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D013065:Speech Intelligibility / Q000502:physiology*; D013499:Surface Properties; D014059:Tongue / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D003764:Dental Materials; D010795:Phthalic Acids; C043685:Coe Comfort