Clinical application of palatal lift appliance in velopharyngeal incompetence
The presence of nasal air leak in cleft palate patients with velopharyngeal incompetence leads to characteristic nasal snort. The efficacy of the palatal lift appliance in patients with adequate velopharyngeal tissue with incompetence was tested. Speech quality improved after the wearing of palatal...
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| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jisppd.com/article.asp?issn=0970-4388;year=2011;volume=29;issue=6;spage=70;epage=73;aulast=Premkumar |