Open AccessChanges in tongue pressure and dysphagia at oral cancer patients by palatal augmentation prosthesis
Author(s) -
Kuniyuki Izumita,
Hisaoka Takuma,
Ikeda Ryoukichi,
Suzuki Jun,
Sato Naoko,
Tagaino Ryo,
Kambayashi Tomonori,
HiranoKawamoto Ai,
Ohta Jun,
Ohkoshi Akira,
Ishii Ryo,
Shitraishi Naru,
Kato Kengo,
Koyama Shigeto,
Sasaki Keiichi,
Katori Yukio
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
cancer reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 5
ISSN - 2573-8348
DOI - 10.1002/cnr2.1516
Subject(s) - medicine , tongue , swallowing , dysphagia , pyriform sinus , dentistry , prosthesis , surgery , pathology , fistula
Abstract Background The palatal augmentation prosthesis (PAP) is an intraoral prosthesis used in the treatment of dysphagia. Aim The objective of the study is to examine the effect of PAP using tongue pressure and the Videofluoroscopic Dysphagia Scale (VDS) to understand the precise mechanism for improvement in swallowing function with PAP for oral cancer at retrospective survey. Methods and results Fifteen patients were provided PAPs. Tongue pressure and VDS were evaluated with and without PAP. After intervention with PAP, tongue pressure significantly increased as compared to when without PAP ( p < .05). The total mean VDS score with PAP was found to have significantly improved ( p < .05). The mean VDS score of the oral phase also significantly improved with the PAP compared to without the PAP group ( p < .05). Significant differences ( p < .01) were found in each category, such as tongue to palate contact and pyriform sinus residue. Conclusion PAP can improve tongue pressure, tongue to palate contact, and pyriform sinus residue.