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A New Method for Rehabilitation of the Orally Handicapped Patient

Jack Light, DDS, MSD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1978;104(8):442-445.

Abstract
• A new approach to the rehabilitation of individuals who are orally handicapped after surgery offers direct support to dysfunctioning oral musculature, as well as physiologic conditioning to redirect tongue posture. Prosthetic functional therapy can be used to improve problems of speech, swallowing, drooling, and mastication in cases where structural loss or neuromuscular impairment have affected the functional competence of oral tissues. Patients who experience this therapy become highly motivated to succeed in rehabilitation as a result of a positive feedback that is provided by improvement in functional competence. Patients express both satisfaction and comfort and tend to progress favorably in the course of therapy.

(Arch Otolaryngol 104:442-445, 1978)

Author Affiliations
From the East Baltimore Medical Plan.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Dec 14, 1977.

Read before the meeting of the American Society for Head and Neck Surgery, Boston, May 11, 1977.

Reprint reqeusts to Dental Service, East Baltimore Medical Plan, 1000 E Eager St, Baltimore, MD 21202 (Dr Light).

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