Effect of Novel Nasoalveolar Molding Techniques on Parents' Satisfaction and Short Term Treatment Outcomes in Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Overview

The aim of this trial is to figure out the efficiency of modified Grayson NAM on parents' satisfaction, nasal esthetics, interlabial gap and maxillary arch changes. NAM might improve and facilitate the surgical procedure after lip closure. This might decrease the need of further interventions to improve esthetics and function of CLP patients. This trial will help the patients and practitioners in taking the decision of inclusion of NAM in the CLP treatment protocol as a mandatory step or skip a useless procedure with all of its burden.

In this randomized trial, 4 groups will be included. The first group will receive a modified nasoalveolar molding appliance in addition to taping. In the second group, the patient will receive the CAD/NAM. the third group is tape only, while the fourth group remain untreated. the follow-up period will be 3 months till surgical lip closure. the assessment will be through a questionnaire for the parents' satisfaction outcome, photographs for nasal esthetics and interlabial gap outcome and maxillary models for the maxillary dimension change outcome.

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