Presurgical nasoalveolar molding therapy for the treatment of bilateral cleft lip and palate: A preliminary study

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-328

  Spengler, Adam L ^a   Chavarria, Carmen ^a   Teichgraeber, John F ^b   Gateno, Jaime ^a,b   Xia, James J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral cleft lip and palate; Presurgical nasoalveolar molding therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIALAR WIDTH; CEPHALOMETRY; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLUMELLA DEVIATION; COLUMELLA LENGTH; COLUMELLA WIDTH; DENTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAXILLA; NOSE ALA; NOSE APEX; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE SEPTUM; NOSTRIL HEIGHT; ORTHODONTICS; PREMAXILLA DEVIATION; PREMAXILLA PROTRUSION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRESURGICAL NASOALVEOLAR MOLDING THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ALVEOLAR PROCESS; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; DENTAL MODELS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NOSE; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STENTS;

EID: 33646884396     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/05-093R.1     Document Type: Article

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