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Presurgical Dentofacial Orthopedic Management of the Cleft Patient
Kevin S Smith1, Byron T Henry2, Michelle A Scott3
1JW Keys Cleft and Craniofacial Clinic, A Smile for a Child Foundation, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, USA; MK Chapman Cleft and Craniofacial Clinic, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USA.
Abstract:
Over the last decade, presurgical orthopedic molding for the patient with cleft lip and palate has become much more common; it is even reasonable to assume it may be the standard of care for those wide unilateral and bilateral clefts with substantial dentofacial deformities. In 2013, there was a comparative study of nasoalveolar molding methods, comparing the Grayson-NAM device and DynaCleft. The results showed the 2 to be equivocal with both methods significantly reducing the cleft width and improving the nasal asymmetry.

