Wander the narrow alleys of any souk and you'll realise why Moroccan food is so tongue-tingling: the carefully shaped, rainbow-hued piles of spices are dazzling.

The epiglottis is a leaf shaped cartilaginous structure located behind the hyoid bone and root of the tongue.

If the tongue naturally maintains a position resting against the ridge or existing denture, then a correctly extended and shaped denture will be easier for that patient to use.