Automated detection of alveolar arches for nasoalveolar molding in cleft lip and palate treatment

Nasoalveolar moulding (NAM) has become a widely accepted and evidence-based treatment strategy for newborns with cleft lip and palate (CLP), attempting to reduce the cleft gap and to form an appropriately shaped alveolar arch by an intraoral patient-specific NAM plate and to erect the usually flatte...

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Main Authors: Bauer Franz X., Gau Dominik, Guell Florian, Eblenkamp Markus, Loeffelbein Denys J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2016-09-01
Series:Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/cdbme-2016-0152