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This case report describes speech pattern improvements secondary to periodontal surgery and provides a concise review of linguistic and phonetic literature pertinent to the case.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> A 21\u2010year\u2010old white female with a history of gingival abscesses secondary to excessive palatal tissue presented for treatment. Bilateral gingivectomies of palatal tissues were performed with inverse bevel incisions extending distally from teeth #5 and #12 to the maxillary tuberosities, and large wedges of epithelium\/connective tissue were excised.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> Within the first month of the surgery, the patient noted \u201cchanges in the manner in which her tongue contacted the roof of her mouth\u201d and \u201cchanges in her speech.\u201d Further anecdotal investigation revealed the patient's enunciation of sounds such as \u201cs,\u201d \u201csh,\u201d and \u201ck\u201d was greatly improved following the gingivectomy procedure.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold> Palatometric research clearly demonstrates that the tongue has intimate contact with the lateral aspects of the posterior palate during speech. Gingival excess in this and other palatal locations has the potential to alter linguopalatal contact patterns and disrupt normal speech patterns. Surgical correction of this condition via excisional procedures may improve linguopalatal contact patterns which, in turn, may lead to improved patient speech.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1902\/jop.2008.080090","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,10,3]],"date-time":"2008-10-03T09:21:16Z","timestamp":1223025676000},"page":"2006-2009","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Speech Pattern Improvement Following Gingivectomy of Excess Palatal Tissue"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"79","author":[{"given":"Dan","family":"Holtzclaw","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nicholas","family":"Toscano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2008,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_6_2_1","first-page":"150","article-title":"Management of drug\u2010induced gingival enlargement with orthodontic complications","volume":"15","author":"Taylor B","year":"2000","journal-title":"Ann R Australas Coll Dent Surg"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_3_1","first-page":"339","article-title":"Gingival overgrowth with calcium\u2010channel blockers. 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