Pre: Surgical orthopedic pre-maxillary alignment in bilateral cleft lip and palate patient

Autor: Vijaya Prasad Kamavaram Ellore, Naveen Kumar Ramagoni, Mahantesha Taranatha, Asha Nara, Gururaj Gunjalli, Ashwin Devasya Bhat
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Contemporary Clinical Dentistry, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 359-362 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0976-237X
0976-2361
DOI: 10.4103/0976-237X.103638
Popis: Pre-surgical orthopedic appliances are mainly used to retract and align the protruded and deviated pre-maxilla and to facilitate initial lip repair. This article presents a case report of a five year old male child patient with bilateral cleft lip and palate in whom a special custom made pre-surgical orthopedic appliance was delivered. Use of a special custom made presurgical orthopedic appliance for repositioning pre-maxilla in bilateral cleft lip and palate patient is discussed in this article.
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