Individualized erlanger KS-impression trays for infants with cleft lip and palate.

Objective: The use of individualized impression trays is required when taking impressions of the maxilla in infants with cleft lip and palate. Custom trays made of plastic such as polymethylmethacrylate, as well as generic, full-arch infant metal trays, have been used up to now. Given the increasing incidence of infectious diseases, the ability to sterilize impression trays for infants with cleft lip and palate is mandatory.

Evaluation of speech disorders in children with cleft lip and palate.

Background: We investigated the reliability of nasopharyngoscopy and auditory perception, two common clinical methods employed in examining the speech pathology of children with cleft lip and palate.

Patients And Methods: Nasopharyngoscopy was performed to assess velopharyngeal closure function and nasopharyngeal morphology. The auditory examination evaluated nasality and other speech disorders such as articulatory tension, shift in articulation, and sigmatism.

Influence of early hard palate closure in unilateral and bilateral cleft lip and palate on maxillary transverse growth during the first four years of age.

Objective: To evaluate and compare the effects of early primary closure of the hard palate on the anterior and posterior width of the maxillary arch in children with bilateral (BCLP) and unilateral (UCLP) cleft lip and palate during the first 4 years of life.

Design: A retrospective, mixed-longitudinal study.

Setting: Cleft Palate Center of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.