Open AccessReconstruction of the Soft Palate In Oral Cancer to Repair an Operative Defect with Speech Aid Prosthesis: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Wang ChauHsiang,
Huang IYeuh,
Du JeKang,
Chen JenHao,
Lee HueyEr,
Lee KaWo,
Wu JuHui
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the kaohsiung journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.439
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2410-8650
pISSN - 1607-551X
DOI - 10.1016/s1607-551x(08)70013-5
Subject(s) - medicine , soft palate , prosthesis , soft tissue , dentistry , hard palate , regurgitation (circulation) , resection , surgery
A soft palate defect may result from surgical resection, and its consequences could include hypernasal speech and nasal regurgitation of food and liquids. A speech aid prosthesis fabricated for patients can improve nasal emission during speech, and assist in preventing nasal regurgitation of food. This article presents a case of the reconstruction of a soft palate defect by prosthetic obturation.