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Recent Advances in Nasoalveolar Molding Therapy Using 3D Technology

by
Sofia Ahsanuddin
1,
Mairaj Ahmed
1,2,3,4,*,
Leslie Slowikowski
5 and
Jenna Heitzler
6
1
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
2
Department of Otolaryngology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
3
Department of Dentistry/Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
4
Department of Dentistry, Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
5
Department of Plastic Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
6
School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Craniomaxillofac. Trauma Reconstr. 2022, 15(4), 387-396; https://doi.org/10.1177/19433875211044622
Submission received: 1 November 2020 / Revised: 1 December 2020 / Accepted: 1 January 2021 / Published: 3 September 2021

Abstract

Presurgical Nasoalveolar Molding (NAM) is an adjunctive treatment modality designed to reorient misaligned tissue structures and nasal cartilage in cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) patients. Recent advances in NAM therapy focus on modifications to the intraoral molding plate or nasal stent intended to improve treatment outcomes, ease of use, compliance, and cost-effectiveness. Notably, 3D technological advancements have been employed to design NAM devices more efficiently and create objective, standardized means of measuring progressive morphological changes during therapy. These advances are designed to incorporate 3D technology in the treatment of cleft lip and/or palate to render it more precise, accurate, and time-efficient.
Keywords: cleft lip and palate; nasoalveolar molding therapy; presurgical infant orthopedics; stereophotogrammetry; 3D technologies; 3D printing cleft lip and palate; nasoalveolar molding therapy; presurgical infant orthopedics; stereophotogrammetry; 3D technologies; 3D printing

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Ahsanuddin, S.; Ahmed, M.; Slowikowski, L.; Heitzler, J. Recent Advances in Nasoalveolar Molding Therapy Using 3D Technology. Craniomaxillofac. Trauma Reconstr. 2022, 15, 387-396. https://doi.org/10.1177/19433875211044622

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Ahsanuddin S, Ahmed M, Slowikowski L, Heitzler J. Recent Advances in Nasoalveolar Molding Therapy Using 3D Technology. Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction. 2022; 15(4):387-396. https://doi.org/10.1177/19433875211044622

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Ahsanuddin, Sofia, Mairaj Ahmed, Leslie Slowikowski, and Jenna Heitzler. 2022. "Recent Advances in Nasoalveolar Molding Therapy Using 3D Technology" Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction 15, no. 4: 387-396. https://doi.org/10.1177/19433875211044622

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Ahsanuddin, S., Ahmed, M., Slowikowski, L., & Heitzler, J. (2022). Recent Advances in Nasoalveolar Molding Therapy Using 3D Technology. Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction, 15(4), 387-396. https://doi.org/10.1177/19433875211044622

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