Modified Intraoral Repositioning Appliance in Complete Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of the modified repositioning appliance was to overcome the shortcoming of existing design for repositioning protruded premaxilla in a child with bilateral cleft lip and palate.


METHODS
The basic principles of design were similar to Latham's appliance but the surgical pinning of premaxillary segment was avoided and instead acrylic splint was prepared.


CONCLUSIONS
This technique avoids any invasive procedure, is useful to reposition protruded premaxillary segment in bilateral cleft lip and palate cases specifically in child who reports late with deciduous dentition.
Professor, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Subharti Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Pradeep
P
Raghav
Professor and Head, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Subharti Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
N K
NK
Ahuja
Ex-Postgraduate Student, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Subharti Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Subhash
S
Gahlawat
Bilateral cleft lip and palate; Latham’s appliance.; Neonatal maxillary orthopedics
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