Author:
E.S Karthika,Thimmaiah Manjula,V Madhusudhan,. Shailaja,Kumar D Chethan,Handique Swadhinata
Abstract
Globally, the most prevalent birth malformations is cleft palate and cleft lip, etiology of cleft is multifactorial and occurrence is as a result of inaccurate tissue fusion. The treatment objective in these patients include restoration of normal anatomy to obtain desired skeletal, cartilaginous and soft tissue relationship. To minimize the severity of cleft before surgery of cleft lip and palate, a nonsurgical methods such as Nasoalveolar molding (NAM) can be used to reshape and align the lip, nostrils, and gingiva. There are various techniques available for Nasoalveolar molding which will be summarized in this article.
Publisher
International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology
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