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Influence of the Partial Denture on the Articulation of Dental and Postalveolar Sounds

Dental prosthesis is a foreign body in oral cavity and thus necessarily interferes with speech articulation. The purpose of this study was to examine influence of partial denture on speech quality and to show eventual differences in pronunciation of dental sounds c (ts), z (z), s (s) and postalveolar sounds č(tS), ž(), and š(). We have examined differences in pronunciation beetwen subject with removable partial dentures, the same group without partial dentures and a control group. The study was performed on 30 subjects with removable partial dentures and 30 subjects with complete dental arch.

partial denture; speech; consonant articulation; formant

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