Pre: Surgical orthopedic pre-maxillary alignment in bilateral cleft lip and palate patient

Abstract

Pre-surgical orthopedic appliances are mainly used to retract and align the protruded and deviated pre-maxilla and to facilitate initial lip repair. This article presents a case report of a five year old male child patient with bilateral cleft lip and palate in whom a special custom made pre-surgical orthopedic appliance was delivered. Use of a special custom made presurgical orthopedic appliance for repositioning pre-maxilla in bilateral cleft lip and palate patient is discussed in this article.

Pre-surgical Orthopedic (PSO) Pre-maxilla Appliance for Children with Cleft Lip and Palate: A Case Series

“…Besides, it can function as a rigid platform, towards which the child can press the nipple and feed; and also directs the tongue in to the correct position. Proper tongue position will be useful for developing normal speech and restoring well-functioned mastication 5,6 . The case revealed that The PSO appliance could approximate the segments of the cleft maxilla by allowing spontaneous growth of palatal shelves prior to the reconstructive and definitive surgery.…”