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