Rehabilitation of an edentulous cleft lip and palate patient with a soft palate defect using a bar-retained, implant-supported speech-aid prosthesis: A clinical report

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-102

  Tuna, S Hakan ^a   Pekkan, Gurel ^b   Buyukgural, Bulent ^c  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cleft lip and palate; Obturator Prosthesis; Ossesointegrated implants; Retention; Speech aid prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDENTULOUS CLEFT LIP; EDENTULOUS CLEFT PALATE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHESIS; MOUTH EXAMINATION; MOUTH MALFORMATION; PALATE MALFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH AID PROSTHESIS; TOOTH IMPLANTATION;

ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS RETENTION; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTURE, OVERLAY; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATAL OBTURATORS; PALATE, SOFT; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SPEECH DISORDERS; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 58149462652     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: 15451569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/07-216.1     Document Type: Article

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