Evaluation of morphological varieties of the soft palate on digital cephalograms in 15-35 year-old subjects

Introduction: The soft palate is the posterior fibro-muscular portion of the palate, with a main role in velopharyngeal closure which assists in the normal functions of sucking, swallowing and pronunciation. The aim of this study was to investigate variations in the morphology of soft palate in norm...

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Published in:مجله دانشکده دندانپزشکی اصفهان
Main Authors: Roshanak Ghaffari, Saeed Azarbayejani, Samira-Sadat Nourbakhsh
Format: Article
Language:Persian
Published: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences 2012-01-01
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Online Access:http://www.jids.mui.ac.ir/index.php/jids/article/view/519