A plastic (acrylic) appliance, usually removable, used to close a cleft in the hard palate; it is sometimes used to aid in feeding
anything that obstructs or closes a cavity or opening
a device worn in the mouth to decrease nasal air flow during speech.
A device used to size or measure a valve orifice; used to select the most appropriately-sized prosthesis.
is like a modified dental retainer with a speech bulb or palatal lift attached to the back used to treat velopharyngeal insufficiency.
(L. obturare, to occlude). Obturator nerve.
obturare, to occlude), e.g., obturator vein.
a device that fits in the roof of the mouth to cover a cleft palate opening.
appliance constructed to occlude palatal fistula(e); used some by some professionals to refer to speech bulbs
(L. obturare, to occlude). Pertaining to muscles associated with the obturator membrane, which closes the obturator foramen.
A prosthesis used to close a congenital or acquired opening in the palate.
Any structure that occludes an opening.
a prosthesis used to close an opening of the hard palate.
A disc or plate which closes an opening; a prosthesis that closes an opening in the plate.
A prosthesis used to close an opening. Frequently used to close the defect caused by a cleft palate.