Feeding Plate Using Digital Intraoral Impression for Cleft Care in an Infant: A Case Report
Orofacial clefts are the most frequent craniofacial abnormalities found in humans. A neonate with orofacial cleft which is developed due to incomplete fusion of facial as well as palatal structures might experience difficulties while feeding. The present case aims to depict digital impression-taking...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Jaypee Brothers Medical Publisher
2023-08-01
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| Series: | Journal of South Asian Association of Pediatric Dentistry |
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| Online Access: | https://www.jsaapd.com/doi/JSAAPD/pdf/10.5005/jp-journals-10077-3272 |
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| Summary: | Orofacial clefts are the most frequent craniofacial abnormalities found in humans. A neonate with orofacial cleft which is developed due to incomplete fusion of facial as well as palatal structures might experience difficulties while feeding. The present case aims to depict digital impression-taking for the fabrication of a feeding obturator for a 7-day-old infant who was reported with a unilateral cleft. Treatment was given when the infant turned 3-weeks-old after parents’ compliance. The case highlights the importance of digital intraoral impression protocol in a newborn patient because of its accuracy, minimal invasiveness, and good clinical acceptability. The digital workflow could escalate the fabrication procedure of the feeding plate with a quick transfer of the digitally taken impression to the laboratory, maintaining the precision level thereby minimizing the invasiveness of impression taking and escaping the possibility of material aspiration. Digital impression satisfies the benefits of conventional feeding obturator/appliance reducing the discomfort and difficulties of the direct impression-taking and fabricating process. |
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| ISSN: | 2582-1024 |