Bilateral cleft lip, alveolus, and palate deformity in an infant
Sharayu Vinod Nimonkar, Vikram Murlidhar Belkhode
Corresponding author: Sharayu Vinod Nimonkar, Prosthodontics, Crown and Bridge, Reader, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Deemed to be University, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India 
Received: 03 Jan 2022 - Accepted: 22 Aug 2022 - Published: 29 Aug 2022
Domain: Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology,Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,Pediatric Dentistry
Keywords: Bilateral cleft lip and palate, presurgical nasoalveolar molding, natal teeth
©Sharayu Vinod Nimonkar et al. Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Cite this article: Sharayu Vinod Nimonkar et al. Bilateral cleft lip, alveolus, and palate deformity in an infant. Pan African Medical Journal. 2022;42:316. [doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.42.316.33040]
Available online at: https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/42/316/full
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Bilateral cleft lip, alveolus, and palate deformity in an infant
Bilateral cleft lip, alveolus, and palate deformity in an infant
Sharayu Vinod Nimonkar1,&, Vikram Murlidhar Belkhode2
&Corresponding author
A 20-day-old infant reported with his parents a complaint of an opening over the lip and trouble in feeding. The weight of the baby at birth was 2.8 kg and medical history was not remarkable. Clinical examination manifested bilateral cleft lip, alveolus, and palate deformity. A single natal tooth in the upper anterior segment was present. The nasal rim was collapsed and the premaxilla was deviated and rotated to the left side. The alveolar segments were underdeveloped. Extraction of the natal teeth was advised followed by pre-surgical nasoalveolar molding for approximation of the lips, alveolus, and palate.
Figure 1: cleft lip palate and alveolus
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