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

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-12

  Ezzat, Christopher F ^a,b   Chavarria, Carmen ^a   Teichgraeber, John F ^c   Chen, Jung Wei ^a   Stratmann, Robin G ^a   Gateno, Jaime ^c   Xia, James J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b Methodist Hospital Research Institute ^*  (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleft lip; Nasal symmetry; Nasoalveolar molding; Presurgical orthopedics

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLAR BONE; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CLEFT LIP NOSE; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NOSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRESURGICAL NASOALVEOLAR MOLDING THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNILATERAL CLEFT LIP;

ALVEOLAR PROCESS; CEPHALOMETRY; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; DENTAL MODELS; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NOSE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PALATAL OBTURATORS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846227982     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/06-009     Document Type: Article

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