Is presurgical nasoalveolar molding therapy more effective in unilateral or bilateral cleft lip-cleft palate patients?

Background: The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of presurgical nasoalveolar molding in treating unilateral versus bilateral cleft lip–cleft palate patients.

Methods: A blinded, retrospective study was conducted with 16 unilateral and 13 bilateral cleft lip–cleft palate patients. Pretreatment and posttreatment facial and intraoral impressions were used to compare soft- and hard-tissue changes.

A rapid solution to align the severely malpositioned premaxilla in bilateral cleft lip and palate patients.

Objective: To describe a laboratory modification of the maxillary cast to make an improved nasoalveolar molding plate used in presurgical orthopedics for infants with bilateral cleft lip and palate.

Conclusions: Modifying the nasoalveolar molding plate may reduce the presurgical treatment time for the bilateral cleft lip and palate patient.

M. M. House mental classification revisited: Intersection of particular patient types and particular dentist's needs.

Fifty-three years ago, M. M. House devised a classification of patients on the basis of how they behaved in response to the prospect of becoming edentulous and on how they subsequently adapted to wearing complete dentures.