Asmaa Altaie
Clinical Teaching Fellow in Restorative Dentistry, Leeds Dental Institute, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Rehabilitation of oncology patients with hard palate defects part 3: construction of an acrylic hollow box obturator
Rahat AliA period of 6 months may be required (post-resection) before the definitive obturator can be constructed. However, this period of surgical healing will clearly differ between patients.4 The...
Dental management of a patient with multiple idiopathic cervical root resorption
Rahat AliA 12-year-old patient started fixed orthodontic treatment in 2002 (Figure 1). Two years later she was referred to the Leeds Dental Institute (by her orthodontist) just before her maxillary and...
Rehabilitation of oncology patients with hard palate defects part 2: principles of obturator design
Rahat AliDefects have been successfully managed with obturators (Latin: ‘obturare’ meaning ‘to block up’) for many years. Ambroise Pare was probably the first individual to close a palatal defect artificially...
Rehabilitation of oncology patients with hard palate defects part 1: the surgical planning phase
Rahat AliThe number of individuals undertaking surgical reconstructions has increased from 38% to 91% from 1995 to 2009,4 with the use of microvascular free flaps becoming more common. Surgically...
Prosthetic rehabilitation of the gagging patient using acrylic training plates
Rahat AliGagging is a normal protective mechanism which acts to maintain airway patency. It prevents foreign bodies from entering the trachea and can be evoked by stimulating numerous oral structures. In the...