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Ultrasound Images of the Tongue: A Tutorial for Assessment and Remediation of Speech Sound Errors
Published on: January 3, 2017
[Tongue retraining and occlusal stability in a young adult. Case report]
Afaf Houb-Dine1, Loubna Bahije, Fatima Zaoui
1Service d'orthopédie dento-faciale, Faculté de Médecine dentaire Rabat, Université Mohamed V Souissi, Centre hospitalier Ibn Sina, Maroc. afafeve@hotmail.com
Abstract:
The clinical observation describes the case of a 20-year-old woman who has consulted for aesthetic and functional reasons. She presents a skeletal class III normodivergent, an occlusal class III with a lower proalveoli quite marked. In addition, a lingual dysfunction which manifests itself by important anterior diastema and dento-dental disharmony at the upper jaw complicates the case. The undertaken therapeutic project starts with a first step of a lingual praxis rehabilitation, followed by an orthodontic step and upper lateral incisors-plasty. The purpose of those results is the evaluation of the stability two years later, which was reported positive.
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