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Conservative Orthodontic Primary Care of Four Newborns with the Pierre-Robin Sequence Triad.

Ludwig B, Glasl B, Sader R, Schopf P

Department of Orthodontics, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Newborns with Pierre-Robin sequence often suffer from serious or even life-threatening obstructions in the respiratory tract resulting from anatomic malformations (micrognathia, glossoptosis and potentially a median cleft palate). Such babies require immediate effective therapeutic measures. Our case descriptions of four babies with the typical triad illustrate the application of a modified upper plate with an individually-adjustable pharyngeal spur. Precise and individually-modifiable adaptation of the plate's pharyngeal parts - depending on the developmental stage - permit the narrow airway to be opened, which then affects the tongue's position and the sagittal position of the mandible.

Published 22 January 2007 in J Orofac Orthop, 68(1): 56-61.
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