Effectiveness of Presurgical Nasoalveolar Molding Appliance in Infants With Complete Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of the presurgical nasoalveolar molding appliance among infants with unilateral cleft lip and palate.

Methods: In this prospective study, 95 pairs of casts of infants with unilateral cleft lip and palate treated by presurgical nasoalveolar molding were selected at the Children's Hospital 1 at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The average time of treatment was 3 months.

Maternal exposures and risk of oral clefts in South Vietnam.

Background: Oral clefts are among the most common congenital anomalies. Most studies on risk factors of oral clefts have been carried out in developed countries. We investigated the associations between maternal exposures in the first trimester and oral clefts in South Vietnam.