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Palatal Lift Prosthesis for the Treatment of Velopharyngeal Incompetency and Insufficiency

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Before getting into methodology of treatment of patients with velopharyngeal inadequacy, who require prosthetic velar elevation and velopharyngeal stimulation, let us outline the Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic’s present concept of treatment for patients with various types of velopharyngeal incompetency.

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Correspondence to Mohammed Mazaheri MDD, DDS, M.Sc. .

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Mazaheri, M. (2013). Palatal Lift Prosthesis for the Treatment of Velopharyngeal Incompetency and Insufficiency. In: Berkowitz, S. (eds) Cleft Lip and Palate. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30770-6_40

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