Denture Phonetics Enhanced By Rugae Duplication

Abstract

In edentulous patients, dentures should not only provide better function and aesthetics, but also should permit good phonetics. Phonetics is a significant factor to be taken into consideration for the denture patients. Palatal rugae contours have a very important role in phonetics, by production of linguo-palatal sounds that involves the contact between tongue and palate. By customizing palatal contours of a maxillary denture to the tongue, the patient may easily adapt to the definitive denture contour, which in turn shortens or eliminates the adjustment period for the achievement of proper speech phonetics must be considered , along with mechanics and esthetics as the integral factors in contributing to the success of a dental prosthesis. , the replication of soft tissue contours favors the formation and pronunciation of Sibilants as clearly as a normal dentate individual Proper contact between the tongue and the palate is always involved in the production of linguopalatal group of sounds This article describes a novel technique for palatal rugae transfer to a complete denture.