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- Title
A Unique Appliance for Median Facial Cleft Management With Sleep Apnea due to Undeveloped Nasal Septum: A Rare Case Report.
- Authors
Amina; Ahmed, Saad; Rajput, Geeta; Abdullah, Sabzar
- Abstract
The role of a prosthodontist in the management of facial cleft patients is the restoration of feeding, respiration, facial harmony, dental harmony and phonation. This case report presents the fabrication of an appliance for a pediatric patient with congenital median facial cleft who had sleep apnea due to the absence of nasal septum, which is a rare condition, with a unique method that fulfilled the patient's needs and improved quality of life. The patient also had median cleft lip and premaxilla along with hypertelorism.
- Subjects
FACIAL abnormalities; SLEEP apnea syndrome treatment; SILICONES; ORTHODONTIC appliances; NEONATAL diseases; PERIODONTIUM examination; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; CLEFT lip; NASAL septum; DYSPNEA; SLEEP apnea syndromes
- Publication
Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal, 2024, Vol 61, Issue 3, p523
- ISSN
1055-6656
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/10556656221131896