Department of Prosthodontics, Al Andalus University for Medical Science, Tartous, Syria
The production of speech depends on several factors, including muscle, mechanical, neural and finally auditory, when the patient's teeth are lost, the dentist should take care of this prosthetic problem because it directly affects the patient's speech. This article reviews the importance of teeth and oral structures in the production of speech and the most important prosthodontic factors affecting pronunciation.
Speech, complete denture, Components of speech, sound, speech production
