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Patients in the NAM group attended more dental appointments and incurred higher treatment costs compared to the passive molding group. Caregivers reported high satisfaction with treatment outcomes in both cohorts.

There were no differences between NAM and passive molding regarding postsurgical nasolabial appearance and patient satisfaction. Both treatments narrow the alveolar gap. However, NAM places a higher burden of care on families.

There were no differences between NAM and passive molding regarding postsurgical nasolabial appearance and patient satisfaction. Both treatments narrow the alveolar gap. However, NAM places a higher burden of care on families.

Crowd sourcing has been used in multiple disciplines to quickly generate large amounts of diverse data. The objective of this study was to use crowdsourcing to grade preoperative severity of unilateral cleft lip phenotype in a multiethnic cohort with the hypothesis that crowdsourcing could efficiently achieve similar rankings compared to expert surgeons. Deidentified preoperative photos were collected for patients with primary, unilateral cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL ± P). A platform was developed with C-SATS for pairwise comparisons utilizing Elo rankings by crowdsource workers through Amazon Mechanical Turk. Images were independently ranked by 2 senior surgeons for comparison. Seventy-six patients with varying severity of unilateral (CL ± P) phenotype were chosen from Operation Smile missions in Bolivia, Madagascar, Vietnam, and Morocco. Patients were an average of 1.2 years' old, ranging from 3 months to 3.3 years. Each image was compared with 10 others, for a total of 380 unique pairwise cable to expert surgeon assessment, across multiple ethnicities. The method serves as a potential solution to the current lack of rating systems for preoperative severity and overcomes the difficulty of acquiring large-scale assessment from expert surgeons.

Precise volumetric evaluation of the alveolar cleft facilitates accurate preparation of bone substitutes and reduces donor site morbidity. This study investigates 2 advanced presurgical volumetric assessment methods that use computer-aided engineering (CAE) software. Preoperative computed tomography (CT) scans from 20 unilateral alveolar cleft patients undergoing secondary alveolar bone grafting (SABG) were analyzed by CAE software. Cleft defect volumes were calculated using the mirror-reversed technique and the subtraction method. The mirror-reversed technique determines defect volume by reversing the noncleft side to the cleft side. The subtraction method determines defect volume by subtracting a mask of the preoperative cleft from a mask generated after simulated cleft filling. The mean defect volumes and calculation times of the mirror-reversed technique (1.27 ± 0.35 cm3; 11.80 ± 1.79 seconds) and the subtractive method (1.23 ± 0.32 cm3; 9.43 ± 1.35 seconds) did not differ significantly. Fisogatinib order In Bland-Altman noncleft side to the cleft side. The subtraction method determines defect volume by subtracting a mask of the preoperative cleft from a mask generated after simulated cleft filling. The mean defect volumes and calculation times of the mirror-reversed technique (1.27 ± 0.35 cm3; 11.80 ± 1.79 seconds) and the subtractive method (1.23 ± 0.32 cm3; 9.43 ± 1.35 seconds) did not differ significantly. In Bland-Altman analysis the 2 methods were equivalent for alveolar cleft defect assessment. Both methods exhibited acceptable interobserver reliability, high precision, clinical convenience, time efficiency, and high reproducibility, and can serve as valuable tools for the planning and execution of SABG. The subtraction method has broader potential applicability and can simulate intraoperative bone grafting more effectively.

Successful aesthetic repair of the bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP) is one of the most challenging cases encountered by a surgeon. This challenge is heightened when the premaxilla is anteriorly protruded in relation lateral maxillary segments. Our aim is to demonstrate a useful technique for reducing the cleft size before secondary lip repair. We use a premaxillary osteotomy to posteriorly reposition the premaxilla between the lateral segments.

Six patients with BCLP underwent repositioning of the protruded premaxilla. Five patients had previous primary lip closure procedures with unsatisfactory results. The cleft size was reduced by premaxillary osteotomy from nasal septum and partial removal of the vertical vomer. The osteotomized premaxilla was then repositioned, fixed with a custom-made orthodontic appliance. Following this procedure, the lip was closed in a traditional fashion.

All patients demonstrated satisfying lip closure without tension. In each case, the premaxilla was vital and exhibited partial stabilization during follow-up.

In this study the authors demonstrate the usefulness of a premaxillary segment setback as an adjunct to improved function and aesthetics in bilateral lip repair. This method serves as useful technique for previously unsuccessful closure of BCLP.

In this study the authors demonstrate the usefulness of a premaxillary segment setback as an adjunct to improved function and aesthetics in bilateral lip repair. This method serves as useful technique for previously unsuccessful closure of BCLP.

A total of 169 ACPA approved teams treat cleft deformities in the United States. These centers are unevenly distributed, and families may disproportionally pay extra travel costs to consult a multidisciplinary cleft team. Families experiencing hardships are able to create campaigns on GoFundMe to advertise their fundraiser publicly. The authors sought to establish whether a correlation exists between patients asking for support for cleft treatment and their geographic location in the US.A total of 635 crowdfunding campaigns for cleft lip and/or palate were reviewed from GoFundMe. Google searches for cleft lip and palate were evaluated utilizing Google Trends, with values reported as Relative Search Volumes (RSV). Driving distances and travel time to the nearest approved ACPA center were calculated using Google Maps data.There was a statistically significant difference in average driving distance and travel duration between the different subregions of the US (P  =  0.0059 and 0.026, respectively). The South subregion had the highest proportion of campaigns (n = 259, 40.