An innovative modified feeding appliance for an infant with cleft lip and cleft palate: A case report.

Cleft lip and palate is one of the most common craniofacial anomalies of humans. A child born with cleft lip and palate may experience difficulties while feeding due to lack of seal of the oral cavity due to incomplete facial and palatal structures. Difficulty in feeding leads to inadequate nutrition and affects the health of the infant. Feeding difficulties should be assessed and intervened as early as possible, as they are an important aspect of the multidisciplinary team approach in the management of cleft lip and palate. Feeding appliance is a favorable feeding option in these infants as it creates a separation between oral and nasal cavities and thus helps in creating a negative intraoral pressure during suckling. This case report represents a fabrication of feeding appliance for a 2-day-old neonate born with cleft lip and palate, using copper wire as a retainer for the appliance.

Ocular prosthesis: a brief review and fabrication of an ocular prosthesis for a geriatric patient.

OBJECTIVE: A review of literature for ocular prosthesis is presented along with a case report of a geriatric patient. REVIEW OF LITERATURE: The evolution of ocular prosthesis, materials and methods, fabrication techniques for custom and stock eye prosthesis, delivery and after care for the ocular prosthesis are reviewed. CASE REPORT: A 74-year-old female patient who had undergone enucleation of her right eye was restored with a stock ocular prosthesis. CONCLUSION: The use of stock ocular prosthesis of appropriate contour, size and colour can provide an acceptable aesthetic result.

Bonding acrylic teeth to acrylic resin denture bases: a review.

Partial or complete dentures are more commonly constructed for the elderly group of the population. Teeth debonding from the dentures can be frustrating to the patients as well as the dentist. Research has been carried out and is continuing to study the issue of bonding acrylic teeth to the denture base resin. The present review takes into account the majority of research papers published in the last five decades for determining the bond strength. Selection of more compatible combinations of denture base resins and acrylic teeth may reduce the number of prosthesis fractures and the resultant repairs.