Walter John D
Department of Prosthodontics, Floor 20, Guy's Tower, GKT Dental Institute, London SE1 9RT.
Dent Update. 2005 May;32(4):217-8, 220-2. doi: 10.12968/denu.2005.32.4.217.
An outline is given of palato-pharyngeal function in the cleft palate patient and how it may be expected to vary from that of the non-cleft subject. The procedure of obturator moulding is described and the functioning of palatal training appliances and palatal supports explained.