One of the critical components of treatment for patients with cleft lip and palate is alveolar bone grafting (ABG), which aims to restore the bony support for teeth and improve the overall ...

The orthodontist plays a critical role in: Naso-alveolar molding (NAM) during infancy. NAM is an appliance that aligns the gum segments prior to cleft lip repair. Treatment during childhood. During ...

Sapphira will follow up with the cleft and craniofacial team every year or two. She will need another procedure when she is 8 to 10 years old when she is losing her baby teeth to repair her alveolar ...

special procedures like lip adhesion or nasal alveolar molding (NAM) might help bring the parts of the lip closer together and improve the shape of the nose before the cleft lip repair. Cleft lip ...

special procedures like lip adhesion or nasal alveolar molding (NAM) might help bring the parts of the lip closer together and improve the shape of the nose before the cleft lip repair. Cleft lip ...