Palatal Obturators
"Palatal Obturators" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Appliances that close a cleft or fissure of the palate.
| Descriptor ID |
D010158
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E06.780.346.850 E07.695.190.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Palatal Obturators- Palatal Obturators
- Obturators, Palatal
- Obturator, Palatal
- Palatal Obturator
Cleft Palate Prosthesis- Cleft Palate Prosthesis
- Cleft Palate Prostheses
- Palate Prostheses, Cleft
- Palate Prosthesis, Cleft
- Prostheses, Cleft Palate
- Prosthesis, Cleft Palate
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Palatal Obturators" by people in Profiles.
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Hardin-Jones MA, Chapman KL, Wright J, Halter KA, Schulte J, Dean JA, Havlik RJ, Goldstein J. The impact of early palatal obturation on consonant development in babies with unrepaired cleft palate. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2002 Mar; 39(2):157-63.