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Naso Alveolar Molding in Early Management of Cleft Lip and Palate

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The Journal of Indian Prosthodontic Society

Abstract

Cleft lip and palate is a congenital anomaly occurring at birth. This article describes about the construction of feeding plate which is also used for naso alveolar molding (NAM). The main objective of this treatment is that this procedure minimizes the extent of surgery that should be done on newborns. Two infants with unilateral and bilateral cleft lip and palate are treated by making feeding plate and which is also used for NAM. Both the infants had favorable results, better in case of unilateral cleft lip patient; we hope that it will minimize the extent of surgery and the resultant scarring.

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  1. Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Vinayaka Mission’s Dental College, Salem, Tamilnadu, India

    Mohan Jayashree & Simon Paul

  2. Salem Polyclinic, 128, Omalur Road, Salem, 636007, India

    Mohan Jayashree

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  1. Mohan Jayashree
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Correspondence to Mohan Jayashree.

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36th IPS conference, Bangalore, 8-Nov 2008, scientific paper.

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Jayashree, M., Paul, S. Naso Alveolar Molding in Early Management of Cleft Lip and Palate. J Indian Prosthodont Soc 13, 362–365 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13191-012-0171-4

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