Pre: Surgical orthopedic pre-maxillary alignment in bilateral cleft lip and palate patient

• Main Authors: Vijaya Prasad Kamavaram Ellore (Author), Naveen Kumar Ramagoni (Author), Mahantesha Taranatha (Author), Asha Nara (Author), Gururaj Gunjalli (Author), Ashwin Devasya Bhat (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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-surgica...