The Clinical Prosthetics Centre provides a Facial Prosthetic Rehabilitation service to patients referred from the Plastic Surgery, Ear Nose and Throat (ENT), Maxillofacial, and Ophthalmic (eye) departments and from GPs.
The Clinical Prosthetics Centre also provides a clinical laboratory service to support maxillofacial surgery for the treatment of head and neck cancer, facial trauma and facial/jaw re-alignment.
In detail the work of this specialty includes:
- Plastic surgery
- Prosthetic reconstruction using adhesive or implant-retained ears, noses, eye/orbits
- Prosthetic reconstruction of the nipple/areola
- Prosthetic reconstruction following finger/hand surgery
- Prosthetic reconstruction of post-surgical leg defects
- ENT surgery
- Prosthetic reconstruction using adhesive or implant-retained ears, noses, eye/orbits
- Tracheo-stoma obturation
- Ophthalmic surgery
- Custom-made ocular prostheses
- Maxillofacial and oral surgery
- Pre and post-surgical splinting and obturation
- Implant-retained dental appliances
- Post-surgical prosthetic rehabilitation
- Oro/dental appliances and splints
- Facial trauma support appliances and splints
- Pre-surgical osteotomy planning support and splints
