Online OnlyPubMed ID (PMID): 17625619Pages 527, Language: EnglishHonda, Kosuke / Urade, Masahiro / Kandori, YumikoThis article reports the evaluation of the therapeutic effect of a palatal lift prosthesis with a specially designed connection between the anterior denture base and the palatal lifting plate in a patient with velopharyngeal incompetence due to severe brain injury.
Keywords: articulatory function, brain injury, dysarthria, nasality, palatal lift, prosthesis, velopharyngeal incompetence
