Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 23, Issue 10 , Pages 536-540, October 2007

Reconstruction of the Soft Palate In Oral Cancer to Repair an Operative Defect with Speech Aid Prosthesis: A Case Report

  • Chau-Hsiang Wang

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Departments of Dentistry and Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • I-Yeuh Huang

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Departments of Dentistry and Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Je-Kang Du

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Dentistry and Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Jen-Hao Chen

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Departments of Dentistry and Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Huey-Er Lee

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Departments of Dentistry and Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Ka-Wo Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Ju-Hui Wu

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Dentistry and Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Dr Ju-Hui Wu, Department of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, 100 Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan

Received 14 June 2006; accepted 16 February 2007.

Article Outline

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.

Key Words:  nasal endoscopy , removable partial denture , soft palate defect , speech aid prosthesis

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PII: S1607-551X(08)70013-5

doi:10.1016/S1607-551X(08)70013-5

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 23, Issue 10 , Pages 536-540, October 2007

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