A case report of an edentulous patient with nasopharyngeal insufficiency treated with a complete denture with a speech aid

Abstract

Patient: The patient was a 55-year-old male who came to the hospital complaining that his denture had fractured. After extracting the remaining teeth and fabricating complete dentures, an embolization part made with reference to the speech aid used was attached to improve the nasopharyngeal insufficiency.

Discussion: By sufficiently explaining the treatment, it was possible to continue the treatment for the patient with poor literacy of the oral cavity. Also, choosing complete dentures for the treatment led to a good prognosis.

Conclusion: Since the speech aid used maintained good nasopharyngeal closure, replicating the morphology and incorporating it into new dentures did not change the nasopharyngeal closure, leading to a good prognosis.