Palatopharyngeal incompetence should not be confused with palatopharyngeal insufficiency.
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Palatopharyngeal incompetence should not be confused with palatopharyngeal insufficiency.
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Palatal lift prostheses are designed to address palatopharyngeal incompetence.
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Patients with diminutive bilateral palatopharyngeal ports can postoperatively suffer from obstructive sleep apnea.
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The anterior one is known as the palatoglossal arch, and the posterior one is known as the palatopharyngeal arch.
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Such patients can suffer from residual palatopharyngeal incompetence that could necessitate the fabrication of palatal lift prostheses that occlude the offending nasopharyngeal ports.
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Although structurally similar to palatal lift prostheses, technically distinct soft palatal obturator prostheses or speech aid prostheses are used to address palatopharyngeal insufficiency.
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They are scattered over the base of the tongue, the palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal arches, the tonsillar fossa, uvula and posterior pharyngeal wall.
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Nevertheless, patients with minimal lateral pharyngeal wall adduction may be incapable of closing their surgically preserved palatopharyngeal ports following a pharyngeal flap surgical procedure.
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The palatopharyngeal folds on each side of the pharynx are brought close together through the superior constrictor muscles, so that only a small bolus can pass.
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