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Effect of lingual plates on generating intra-oral pressure during swallowing: an experimental study in healthy subjects

BACKGROUND: Although palatal augmentation prostheses (PAPs) can improve dysphagia, their application is compromised in the absence of maxillary abutment teeth. Experimental lingual plates (ELPs) used for raising the tongue may be employed as alternative to PAPs. METHODS: Influence of different ELP d...

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Autores principales: Hori, Kazuhiro, Srinivasan, Murali, Barbezat, Cindy, Tamine, Ken-ichi, Ono, Takahiro, Müller, Frauke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3707744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23816202
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-0003-10-64