Dentures with phonetically contoured palate: a simple technique of adding customized rugae and palatal contours to the maxillary denture.
Speech is essential to human activity, therefore phonetics must be considered with mechanics and esthetics as the cardinal factors contributing to the success of the dental prosthesis. The aim of this following procedure is to produce dentures that are mechanically functional, esthetically pleasing and permit normal speech.
Department of Prosthodontics, Narayana Dental College and Hospital, Chinthareddypalem, Nellore, India. dr_vamc@yahoo.com
Vamsi
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Krishna
V Vamsi Krishna
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Reddy
N Praveen
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Kumar
K Venkata Krishnam
KV
Raju
D003779:Denture Design / Q000379:methods*; D003827:Denture, Complete, Upper; D006801:Humans; D021362:Palate, Hard / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D010700:Phonetics; D013060:Speech