A case report of a speech disturbance patient treated by a magnetic attachment overdenture

Abstract

PATIENT: A 50-year-old female who wore a cast-clasp-supported removable partial denture (RPD) complained of speech disturbance, because the clasps disturbed her tongue movement during speech. She wished to receive dental implant treatment, but it was difficult to solve the esthetic problem by the planned implant-supported fixed partial denture. Therefore, the RPD (overdenture) supported by magnetic attachments was inserted to recover the speech disturbance. DISCUSSION: The treatment outcome of this patient was evaluated with a self-administered questionnaire. The results suggested that the RPD with magnetic attachments improved the patient's pronunciation, esthetics and quality of life. CONCLUSION: It was suggested that the magnetic attachment overdenture effectively solved the speech disturbance.