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A tongue shield appliance: design, fabrication, and case report
Author(s) -
Wood A. Jeffrey
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.1991.tb00804.x
Subject(s) - medicine , tongue , fabrication , shield , dentistry , orthodontics , pathology , petrology , alternative medicine , geology
An intraoral tongue shield appliance for unconscious patients is described. This appliance has advantages over other such appliances in that it does not require impressions for its fabrication, can be made quickly, and placed and retained in a patient with a limited oral opening. Its use is demonstrated in a pharmacologically paralyzed and sedated patient with tongue trauma