Nasoalveolar Molding: Prevalence of Cleft Centers Offering NAM and who Seeks It
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Rehabilitation of cleft with nasoalveolar molding- A case report
Facial cleft is the second most common congenital deformity. Problems of cleft can be related to esthetic, phonetics, functional insufficiency, emotional, psychological and social. Significant abnormality in nasal cartilage morphology and asymmetry of alar base and columella are associated with cleft lip and alveolar deformity. Pre Nasoalveolar molding (PNAM) is a nonsurgical method of reshapin...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1055-6656,1545-1569
DOI: 10.1597/11-053