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Alleviating speech and deglutition: Role of a prosthodontist in multidisciplinary management of velopharyngeal insufficiency

Surgical resection of soft palate due to cancer affects the effective functioning of the velopharyngeal mechanism (speech and deglutition). With the loss of speech intelligibility, hyper resonance in voice and impaired function of swallowing (due to nasal regurgitation), there is a depreciation in t...

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Autores principales: Nanda, Aditi, Koli, Dheeraj, Sharma, Sunanda, Suryavanshi, Shalini, Verma, Mahesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4762331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26929526
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-4052.161573