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ArticleJournal of functional biomaterials2024

Complete Digital Workflow for Manufacturing Presurgical Orthodontic Palatal Plates in Newborns and Infants with Cleft Lip and/or Palate.

Christina Weismann, Alexander B Xepapadeas, Marit Bockstedte, Bernd Koos, Michael Krimmel, Christian F Poets, Maite Aretxabaleta

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Article in Journal of functional biomaterials, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Descriptive Summary and Experience Introducing the Orthodontic Airway Plate to Treat Upper Airway Obstruction for Infants With Robin Sequence.The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association · 2026
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  7. Palatal plates for treating infants with Robin sequence.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Christina WeismannDepartment of Orthodontics, University Hospital Tübingen, Osianderstr, 2-8, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1771-0650
Alexander B XepapadeasDepartment of Orthodontics, University Hospital Tübingen, Osianderstr, 2-8, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1645-929X
Marit BockstedteDepartment of Orthodontics, University Hospital Tübingen, Osianderstr, 2-8, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3350-0290
Bernd KoosDepartment of Orthodontics, University Hospital Tübingen, Osianderstr, 2-8, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
Michael KrimmelCentre for Cleft Lip, Palate and Craniofacial Malformations, University Hospital Tübingen, Osianderstr, 2-8, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0009-0005-8428-725X
Christian F PoetsCentre for Cleft Lip, Palate and Craniofacial Malformations, University Hospital Tübingen, Osianderstr, 2-8, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1072-0066
Maite AretxabaletaDepartment of Orthodontics, University Hospital Tübingen, Osianderstr, 2-8, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9618-5016

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deciding on the implementation or modification of steps in daily clinical care is a nuanced process that demands careful evaluation. This is crucial not only for selecting the most appropriate solution but also for achieving the best treatment outcome. Thus, implementing a workflow for treating cleft lip and/or palate patients with a presurgical orthodontic cleft-covering plate needs to consider objective factors, prioritized from most to least important: safety and quality level, user-friendliness, feasibility, and, finally, efficiency and cost. The goal of this workflow is to integrate CAD/CAM technologies into daily clinical routine to enhance technical and clinical efficiency, reduce the burden of cleft care, and simplify the implementation of these technologies in other facilities. To achieve this, a methodology based on intraoral scanning and additive manufacturing is employed to produce patient-specific passive palatal plates. The approach describes possible pitfalls and their resolution within the routine of a cleft centre, along with an exemplary case scenario. Comparative analysis between the digital workflow and the conventional process demonstrated the digital approach to be safer, higher in quality, more user-friendly, feasible, and cost- and time-effective than the conventional process.

Indexed as

3D printingbilateral cleft lip and palatecleft covering platecomputer-aided designcomputer-aided manufacturingintraoral scanningunilateral cleft lip and palate

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PMID39452599
PMCPMC11508796

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