Simple Technique for Duplicating the Palatal Rugae in the Maxillary Complete Denture

Palatal rugae contours have a very important role in phonetics. The production of palatolingual group of sound involves the contact between tongue and the palate. For the newly denture wearer the palatal contours easily adapt the tongue to the rugae and in turn shortens or eliminates the adjustment for the phonation. This article describes a simple technique for duplicating the individual palatal rugae patterns in the denture to enhance the speech.