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

• Prif Awduron: Aditi Nanda (Awdur), Dheeraj Koli (Awdur), Sunanda Sharma (Awdur), Shalini Suryavanshi (Awdur), Mahesh Verma (Awdur)
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• Cyhoeddwyd: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...