A Simple Method for Palatal Rugae Carving in Complete Dentures

Vijayaraghavan, Vasantha; Chandni, P.

doi:10.1007/s13191-013-0278-2

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“…Similar method of customizing rugae of a maxillary complete denture using waxed dental floss and standardizing the thickness of the dental floss to less than a millimeter was carried out by authors. [13][14] The results obtained from the present study for PAT, showed the least amount of articulatory errors in terms of percentage with the customized rugae dentures. The distortions were maximum, followed by substitutions which were mainly for dentoalveolar and fricatives, influenced by the position of tongue, tooth and surface of the anterior portion of hard palate.…”

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A study on changes in phonetics in completely edentulous patients before and after rehabilitation with conventional and customized complete dentures

Niyogi¹,

Bhattacharyya²,

Das³

et al. 2021

Int J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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Background: A realistic approach to the phonetic aspect in complete denture construction is most often subdued by various factors. The palatal rugae, an important landmark in speech orderliness, are frequently affected due to lack of proper texture on a complete denture. Establishing a correlation between customized palatal surfaces of complete dentures and speech improvement will help to ameliorate post insertion appointments of articulation deficiencies.Methods: Ten completely edentulous subjects of either sex with a mean age range of 50-70 years, fulfilling the inclusion criteria were included in this study. All the participants received three sets of dentures, followed by assessment of speech using photo articulation test, speech intelligibility and acoustic analysis in edentulous state and subsequently after insertion of conventional denture, denture with customized rugae, and denture with customized metallic base.Results: The data collected was subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS 24.0 version and GraphPad Prism version 5. The statistical analysis was carried using ANOVA and student t-test. On evaluating the error patterns, distortion was maximum followed by substitutions. These errors were maximum in edentulous state and decreased subsequently, with the least errors in customized rugae dentures. A statistically significant positive correlation (p<0.0001) was found.Conclusions: Apart from retention, stability and support, equal amount of emphasis has to be laid down on phonetical aspects to improve the overall psychological well-being and social upliftment for patients. The improvement in verbal proficiency for completely edentulous patients can be minimized considerably by customizing the palatal portions.

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A study on changes in phonetics in completely edentulous patients before and after rehabilitation with conventional and customized complete dentures

Niyogi¹,

Bhattacharyya²,

Das³

et al. 2021

Int J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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“…2 A few attempts have been made to modify the palatal contours of maxillary dentures to produce the desired "normal" speech. These methods include capturing of the palatal rugae by tin foil, 6 interdental floss, 7 palatograms, 1,5,8,9 plastic palate forms, corrugated metal plate, 10 putty impresssion and free hand wax carving. All these techniques attempt to replicate the patient's palatal anatomy but the resulting denture base is not precise and even in thickness.…”

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Phonetic contouring of polished surface of denture base for speech enhancement

Saroya¹,

Singh²,

Sethi³

et al. 2021

JDS

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The three main factors in complete denture construction are mechanics, esthetics, and phonetics. Out of which phonetics is generally given least importance as the tongue tends to adapt and patients tend to return to normal speech after a post insertion practice period of several weeks to several months. This may not be acceptable to certain group of people in accordance with their needs to speak socially or vocationally. An accurate approximation of palatal contours of a maxillary complete denture to patient’s tongue can improve intelligibility and decrease the post- insertion practice period. This article outlines a technique to replicate the patient’s palatal anatomy onto the polished palatal surface of a complete denture.

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“…An overly thick denture prosthesis in the region of anterior palate hampers appropriate formation of palato-lingual sounds. 19 Allen advocated making the palatal portion as thin as is practical. 20 The three major factors that affect the phonetics among complete denture wearers are palatal contour, positioning of the artificial teeth, and vertical dimension of occlusion.…”

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Management of suction cup induced palatal bone resorption in xerostomia patient with sunken cheek appearance: A therapeutic and esthetic treatment option- A case report

Nidawani¹,

Dutta²,

Singh³

et al. 2021

APRD

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Salivary reservoir in maxillary denture offers an effective, non-invasive approach in the treatment of edentulous patients afflicted with xerostomia. It is always desirable to have large volume reservoir in order to decrease the inconvenience of repeated refilling, however, increased bulk of palatal reservoir often leads to discomfort in speech, swallowing and acceptance of such prosthesis. In designing of size and shape of reservoir in the present case, large volume was achieved utilizing circular palatal resorption area, and proper shape was ensured by duplication of functional palatal contour. Adequate voluntary wetting of mouth was effected by “swallowing control saliva release” mechanism of the flexible reservoir lid. Sunken cheek appearance was addressed by using an easy, economical, and effective method of detachable cheek plumpers.

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A Simple Method for Palatal Rugae Carving in Complete Dentures

Abstract: Palatal rugae play an important role in the production of palato lingual sounds. A simple inexpensive method for carving palatal rugae in complete dentures has been described here.

Cited by 7 publications

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A study on changes in phonetics in completely edentulous patients before and after rehabilitation with conventional and customized complete dentures

A study on changes in phonetics in completely edentulous patients before and after rehabilitation with conventional and customized complete dentures

Phonetic contouring of polished surface of denture base for speech enhancement

Management of suction cup induced palatal bone resorption in xerostomia patient with sunken cheek appearance: A therapeutic and esthetic treatment option- A case report

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