NCT06522217

Prosthetic Rehabilitation of Lip and Palate Deformaties in Neonates Using Two Different Approaches

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Tanta University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Weeks – 4 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study was conducted to compare the use of conventional nasoalveolar molding appliances and the use of digitally designed and produced nasoalveolar molding appliances in rehabilitating neonates born with unilateral complete cleft lip and palate.

Detailed description

For this prospective study, twenty newborns with non-syndromic complete unilateral cleft lip and palate were referred from the Outpatient Clinics of several pediatric surgeons and obstetricians to the Department of Prosthodontics -Faculty of Dentistry - Tanta University. Inclusion criteria: * Age range from 2-3 weeks after birth. * Only the Non-syndromic unilateral cleft lip and palate neonates. * Newborn infants without any surgical intervention. Exclusion criteria: * Patients with the life threatening syndromes. * Respiratory difficulties are not considered for presurgical treatment. * Uncooperative guardians.

Conditions

• Evaluation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	nasoalveolar molding appliance	making impression then make the conventional lab procedures for group A for the production of conventional appliances
DEVICE	digital nasoalveolar molding appliance	group B scanning the model and designing the appliances on 3shap and 3d printing the appliances

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-02-19
• Primary completion: 2022-01-30
• Completion: 2022-02-28
• First posted: 2024-07-26
• Last updated: 2024-10-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt