Pre: Surgical orthopedic pre-maxillary alignment in bilateral cleft lip and palate patient
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Vijaya Prasad Kamavaram Ellore1, Naveen Kumar Ramagoni, Mahantesha Taranatha
1Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Navodaya dental college, Raichur, Karnataka state, India.
Abstract:
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.
