Phonetic evaluation of the edentulous patient correlated with the various settings of the artificial teeth

The dentist's preoccupation concerning the phonetic rehabilitation of the edentulous patient emanates from the practical findings about the consonant alteration during the speech process. The aim of this study was to assess the phonetic alterations in complete denture wearers caused by position, size and material (resin or ceramics) of the frontal artificial teeth. This was performed using the static palatographies and spectrograms, which evaluated the most important spaces for the phonetic modulation, in relation to various settings of the artificial teeth. Interesovanje stomatologa za foneticku rehabilitaciju bezubih pacijenata nastalo je iz prakticnih razloga i klinickih konstatacija o modifikaciji izgovaranja odredjenih suglasnika. Cilj ovog rada je bio da predstavi foneticke alteracije koje se javljaju kod protetski zbrinutih bezubih pacijenata u zavisnosti od postave, velicine i materijala (akrilat, keramika) od kojih su izradjeni prednji vestacki zubi. Analiza je uradjena primenom statickom palatografijom i odgovarajucim spektrogramima koji ukazuju na mesta fonetickih modifikacija, a koje uglavnom zavise od postave vestackih zuba.