Tehran University of Medical Sciences Journal of Craniomaxillofacial Research 2345-5489 2 1-2 2015 10 13 103 108 EN Faezeh Atri Prosthodontics Department, Dental School, Dental Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Susan Mir-Mohammad-Rezaei Prosthodontics Department, Dental School, Dental Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Farideh GeramiPanah Prosthodontics Department, Dental School, Dental Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mehran Bahrami Prosthodontics Department, Dental School, Dental Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2015 10 13 2015 10 13 A palatal defect may result from surgical resection, and its consequences could include difficulty in speech and nasal regurgitation of food and liquids. An obturator combined to speech aid prosthesis can improve nasal emission during speech,  and  assist  in  preventing  nasal  regurgitation  of  food.  This  article presents a clinical report of the reconstruction of palatopharyngeal function by prosthetic obturator and speech aid. https://jcr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jcr/article/view/27 https://jcr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jcr/article/download/27/71