Complete dentures for a patient after a stroke by means of orofacial myofunctional therapy: A clinical report
The Journal of prosthetic dentistry | 20 Mar 2018
K Ĺwider and J Matys
Abstract
After a stroke, patients frequently show compromised swallowing, mastication, and speech, as well as unfavorable motion and deviation of the tongue and mandible. The dentist can improve the oral rehabilitation of a patient with deteriorated facial and oral muscles after a stroke by incorporating orofacial myofunctional therapy. This report describes a method for tongue exercises and correction of mandible deviation in an edentulous patient after a stroke by using a pearl on a wire in the anteriomedian palatal part of the maxillary denture.
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