Clinical overview examines digital impression workflows for orthopedic appliances in pediatric cleft lip and palate, highlighting modern alternatives to traditional molds.
Within the interdisciplinary management of pediatric patients with cleft lip and palate, the procedures provided by dentistry are particularly important. This treatment includes presurgical orthopedics and requires the fabrication and management of orthopedic appliances. These are made from various materials, such as quick-setting acrylic. Traditionally, impressions have been taken using custom-made impression trays with different impression materials.1
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