title: Pre: Surgical orthopedic pre-maxillary alignment in bilateral cleft lip and palate patient.
abstract: Pre-surgical orthopedic appliances are mainly used to retract and align the protruded and deviated pre-maxilla and to facilitate initial lip repair. This article presents a case report of a five year old male child patient with bilateral cleft lip and palate in whom a special custom made pre-surgical orthopedic appliance was delivered. Use of a special custom made presurgical orthopedic appliance for repositioning pre-maxilla in bilateral cleft lip and palate patient is discussed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Navodaya dental college, Raichur, Karnataka state, India.
authors.forename: Vijaya Prasad Kamavaram
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Ellore
authors.forename: Naveen Kumar
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Ramagoni
authors.forename: Mahantesha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taranatha
authors.forename: Asha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nara
authors.forename: Gururaj
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gunjalli
authors.forename: Ashwin Devasya
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Bhat
keywords: Bilateral cleft lip and palate; pre-maxilla; pre-surgical orthopedics