Modified Uvuloplasty for Achieving Aesthetically Desired Uvula in Cleft Palate Repair.

Background: Uvula is a delicate structure in comparison with the rest of the palate. During cleft palate repair, surgeons may find it challenging to suture both the hemi-uvulae meticulously with conventional repair technique and achieve satisfactory aesthetic results. We have adopted few surgical steps in conventional uvular repair to make this procedure simpler and more effective in terms of aesthetic outcome.

Morphological Presentation of Orofacial Clefts: An Epidemiological Study of 5004 Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Central India.

To analyse the morphological presentation of orofacial clefts, gender, syndromes and systemic anomalies associated with them. This was an epidemiological study performed in the patients who were registered for cleft lip and palate surgeries in our centre. The data was evaluated both retrospectively as well as prospectively.

A Simple and Economical Nasal Conformer for Clefts!

Aim: To develop a nasal conformer for cleft lip repair which should be easily available and economical.

Method: We have used 'Luer mount' of the infant feeding tube as a nasal conformer in 14 patients.

Result: Follow-up period ranged from 2 weeks to 3 months.

Palatal lengthening by double opposing buccal flaps for surgical correction of velopharyngeal insufficiency in cleft patients.

Aim: To assess the efficacy of double opposing buccal flap in lengthening the soft palate for velopharyngeal insufficiency correction, and its potential complications in different age groups.

Case Series: From March 2016 to June 2019, 50 patients (24 children, 12 adolescents and 14 adults) underwent palatal lengthening using double opposing buccinator myomucosal flaps. Postoperative complications were assessed by two surgeons and the speech outcomes were evaluated by two speech-language pathologists after assessing changes in the hypernasality and intelligibility using a scoring approach.

An infant with a palatal fistula secondary to Candida infection.

Candida osteomyelitis affecting maxillofacial bones has been scantly documented in the literature. Infantile osteomyelitis is an uncommon and life-threatening disease. Candida osteomyelitis causes significant morbidity.

Lag screw fixation of the premaxilla during bilateral cleft lip repair.

In synchronous primary premaxillary setback and cleft lip repair for bilateral cases with severely protruding premaxilla, stabilization of the premaxilla is mostly achieved by gingivoperiosteoplasty. This kind of repair carries risk of impairment of blood supply to the premaxilla and/or prolabium, and at the same time it cannot ensure adequate stabilization of the premaxilla postoperatively. To overcome these problems, we have developed a unique technique of fixation of the premaxilla.

Bilateral ectopic third molars in maxillary sinus associated with dentigerous cyst-A rare case report.

Introduction: Ectopic eruptions of a tooth in a non-dentate region is a rare entity and such cases have been reported to occur in the nasal cavity, orbital floor, maxillary sinus, mandibular condyle, chin, palate and coronoid process.

Case Presentation: We report a case of bilateral ectopic eruption of maxillary third molars associated dentigerous cyst. A 27 years old female patient reported to us with chief complaint of purulent discharge form nose and recurrent facial swelling for last 2 years.

Elongated styloid process: an unusual cause of neck pain and difficulty in swallowing.

An elongated styloid process is an unusual source of craniofacial and cervical pain. This condition is characterized by a dull, nagging pharyngeal pain and a palpatory finding in the tonsillar fossa. Eagle described it for the first time in 1937 as Eagle's Syndrome and divided it into two subtypes: the "classic syndrome" and the "stylo-carotid syndrome.