Effects of Active Presurgical Orthopaedics Appliances in Infants With Complete Unilateral Cleft Lip and 'T-Shaped' Alveolus: A Preliminary Study

This study aimed to assess the efficacy of active presurgical orthopaedics appliances in infants presenting with complete unilateral cleft lip and overlapped alveolus (T-shaped alveolus). A retrospective and prospective longitudinal study was performed. Infants diagnosed with complete unilateral cle...

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Published in:Orthodontics & craniofacial research 2024-10
Main Authors: Nguyen, Trang Thi-Huyen, Ho, Thuy-Trang Thi, Nguyen, Dau Van, Huynh, Nam Cong-Nhat
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Language:English
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Summary:This study aimed to assess the efficacy of active presurgical orthopaedics appliances in infants presenting with complete unilateral cleft lip and overlapped alveolus (T-shaped alveolus). A retrospective and prospective longitudinal study was performed. Infants diagnosed with complete unilateral cleft lip and overlapped alveolus, received treatment with the active presurgical orthopaedics appliances from June 2020 to June 2023, at Children's Hospital 1, Ho Chi Minh City. The treatment duration averaged 3 months. Pre- and posttreatment casts of noses and alveolus were scanned using TRIOS3 Wireless intraoral scanner (3Shape, Denmark) and analysed with Slicer 5.2.2 software. There were 16 quantitative variables. A pair t-test and Wilcoxon signed ranks were used for analysis. The statistical significance was adopted as p 
ISSN:1601-6335
1601-6343
1601-6343
DOI:10.1111/ocr.12870