Abstract
Cleft lip and palate is the most common congenital defect of the orofacial region, which results in difficulty in feeding, deglutition, and speech. Before the surgical intervention, a feeding appliance is used to restore the palatal cleft and aid in feeding an infant. The impression procedure during the fabrication of a feeding appliance is a crucial step and selection of impression tray and impression material is a challenging task. This article attempts to briefly describe an alternative technique for making impressions in infants with cleft palate.
Highlights
Clefts of the lip and palate are common congenital abnormalities involving the orofacial region
An individualised impression tray is necessary as a prefabricated commercial tray may not always be useful for obtaining an impression of the infant’s maxillary arch due to anatomical variation associated with cleft severity.[15, 16]
The use of several alternative tray designs such as those based on ice-cream sticks, 2 stock poly impression trays, wax, light-polymerising acrylic resins, perforated metal teaspoon, handle of prefabricated metal tray and fingers has been reported for obtaining impressions in infants with cleft lip and palate.[13,14,17,18,19]
Summary
Clefts of the lip and palate are common congenital abnormalities involving the orofacial region.
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