The deciduous canine on the left mandible is tooth number:
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The deciduоus cаnine оn the left mаndible is tоoth number:
Cаse study 1 The fоllоwing fоur questions will refer to this cаse informаtion. --- A 60-year-old man presented with a 9-month history of problems speaking clearly. During your intake conversation, he said that he tried very hard to speak clearly but everything just came out wrong. He said he had started noticing occasional problems with his pronunciation about 9 months ago, but it had gotten worse since then. Examination of the oral mechanism: Symmetrical face, with clear nasolabial fold No difficulty resisting finger pressure against puffed cheeks No difficulty achieving full pucker or smile Symmetrical, full protrusion of tongue beyond lower teeth Adequate strength holding tongue against the inside of the cheek Adequate tone and muscling in the tongue No fasciculations on the tongue No fasciculations of the chin No difficulty holding jaw closed against pressure Strong glottal coup Sustained phonation: Modal voicing, approximately 20 seconds of voicing DDK tasks: Normal rate and accuracy for papapa, tatata, and kakaka Slower pataka, sometimes producing "papaka" or "pakata" instead. Grandfather passage: Frequent but inconsistent imprecise articulation Segmented speech Occasional pausing before long words Monopitch