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Published on: September 19, 2015
Simple modified preoperative nasoalveolar moulding in infants with unilateral cleft lip and palate
Iino Mitsuyoshi1, Wako Masahiko, Fukuda Masayuki
1Division of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Akita University, School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita City, Akita 010-8543, Japan. miino@med.akita-u.ac.jp
The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
|November 17, 2004
Abstract:
This paper reports a new preoperative nasoalveolar molding (PNAM) for infants with unilateral cleft lip and palate. The nasal stent of this PNAM is made of cobalt-chrome wire (1mm in diameter). A loop about 3mm in diameter in the middle of the stent enables precise manual control of the force and direction of the stent with considerable ease.

