Ahmed Al-Khayatt

Consultant in Restorative Dentistry & Oral/Facial Rehabilitation Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Title: Complex Prosthodontics in Complex Oral Environments

Aim: Exploring complex and challenging oral rehabilitation strategies in complex oral environments treated in an acute hospital.

Objectives:

• Highlight limitations and scope of work within a small restorative unit in an acute hospital.
• Identify challenges within H&N cancer rehabilitation.
• Outline H&N cancer journey, assessment, prosthodontic rehabilitation with conventional and zygomatic implants outlining problem solving, successes and failures.
• Discuss complications of surgery and radiotherapy and implications on oral rehabilitation and challenges to sustaining quality of life.

Biography:
Qualifying from Leeds in 2000, Ahmed spent 11-years of postgraduate experience in respected hospital units including Bradford, Sheffield, Swansea and London, most recently St George’s Hospital, an acute trust and centre to cancer, trauma and cardiac specialties. Won several first prize case-reports, awarded CCST in Restorative Dentistry/Monospecialties and pursued training as the first UK dental post-CCST Clinical/Surgical Fellow in H&N Cancer Oral Rehabilitation gaining specialist surgical/prosthodontic experience in H&N cancer with some of the UK leading experts at Liverpool and Manchester.

Since 2012 he has been a Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at Bradford Teaching Hospitals, having over 20 years of experience in Implant Dentistry, Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and active involvement in publishing both nationally and internationally.

In his spare time he enjoys quality family time and a keen aviation enthusiast with professional qualifications in recreational unmanned aerial vehicle drone piloting, sporting activities including fire-arm shooting and olympic-style recurve archery.