Parent's Satisfaction and Evaluation of Postsurgical Outcomes in Unilateral Cleft Lip / Palate Newly Born Infants With / Without Vacuum Formed Nasoalveolar Molding Aligners : A Controlled Clinical Trial
Parent's Satisfaction and Evaluation of Postsurgical Outcomes in Unilateral Cleft Lip / Palate Newly Born Infants With / Without Vacuum Formed Nasoalveolar Molding Aligners : A Controlled Clinical Trial
Newborns with unilateral cleft lip/ palate will be treated pre-surgically by Vacuum formed
 aligners in order to evaluate its effect on Nasoalveolar complex.
newborns with unilateral cleft lip/ palate will be allocated into two groups: treatment group
 will receive Vacuum formed aligners while control group will not receive Vacuum formed
 aligners.

 the follow-up period will be 3 months till surgical lip closure. the assessment will be
 through a questionnaire for the parents' satisfaction outcome, standardized photographs for
 measurement of nasal changes and interlabial gap outcome and digital maxillary models for the
 maxillary dimension change outcome.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Non-syndromic Infants with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate

 -  Infants less than 3 months of age

 -  Males and females.

 -  Infants with displaced alveolus

 -  Patients whose parents provided written consent for the study.

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Patients above 3 months of age

 -  Syndromic, malnourished and systemically ill infants.

 -  Patients with bilateral cleft lip and palate.

 -  Incomplete Cleft lip.

 -  Medically compromised patients

 -  Patient's/guardians who will be unwilling to go through the PNAM therapy