Complete dentures for a patient after a stroke by means of orofacial myofunctional therapy: A clinical report.

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Complete dentures for a patient after a stroke by means of orofacial myofunctional therapy: A clinical report.

J Prosthet Dent. 2018 Mar 15;:

Authors: Świder K, Matys J

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.

PMID: 29551384 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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