title: Presurgical nasoalveolar molding: A boon to facilitate the surgical repair in infants with cleft lip and palate.
abstract: Cleft lip and palate (CLP) is the most common congenital craniofacial anomaly. Rehabilitation of CLP generally requires a team approach. Alveolar and nasal reconstruction for these patients is a challenge for the reconstructive surgeon. Various procedures have been attempted to reduce the cleft gap, so as to obtain esthetic results postsurgically. The presurgical nasoalveolar molding (PNAM) technique, developed by Grayson, is a new approach to presurgical infant orthopedics. PNAM reduces the severity of the initial cleft alveolar and nasal deformity. Thus, it enables the surgeon and the patient to enjoy the benefits associated with repair of a cleft deformity that is minimal in severity. This article presents a brief insight into PNAM with a case series of three different cases (one unilateral and two bilateral) which underwent PNAM treatment and gave an excellent surgical prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, Davangere, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Prabhakar Ramasetty
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Attiguppe
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, Davangere, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Karuna
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, Davangere, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Chandrashekar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yavagal
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, Davangere, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Saraswathi V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, Davangere, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Deepak
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, Davangere, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Rekhamani
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maganti
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, Davangere, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Chaithanya G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Krishna
keywords: Bilateral cleft lip and palate; presurgical nasoalveolar molding; unilateral cleft lip and palate