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. 2020 Jun;123(6):888-891.
doi: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2019.06.022. Epub 2019 Nov 29.

Treatment of velopharyngeal dysfunction: A clinical report

Sun-Yung Bak  1 , Won-Suk Oh  2 , Andrew Erman  3
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Treatment of velopharyngeal dysfunction: A clinical report

Sun-Yung Bak et al. J Prosthet Dent. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

Current tumor therapies can impair velopharyngeal function and lead to the development of hypernasality and nasal regurgitation. This article describes a prosthetic restoration of velopharyngeal dysfunction with a multidisciplinary approach including a speech pathologist and videofluoroscopic and nasal endoscopic procedures.

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