Assessment of Treatment Outcome of Presurgical Nasoalveolar Molding in Patients With Cleft Lip and Palate and Its Postsurgical Stability.

CONCLUSIONS: Presurgical nasoalveolar molding considerably reduces the cleft gap and improves arch form making surgical union easier along with improved nasal morphology which can be maintained at 1-year postsurgery by use of a postsurgical external nasal stent.
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Source: The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal - February 29, 2020 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Bhutiani N, Tripathi T, Verma M, Bhandari PS, Rai P Tags: Cleft Palate Craniofac J Source Type: research