Postoperative Nasal Retainer for Bilateral Lip and Cleft Palate (BLCP) Pediatric Patients: A Case Report

Treatment of patients with lip and cleft palate requires multidisciplinary management, focused on providing optimal structural, functional, and aesthetic conditions so the patient can develop and achieve a better quality of life. The goal of the estomatologic treatment is to repair altered structures to reach a growth potential and suitable development improving results in surgical times, minimizing adverse effects. One of the treatments for nasal deformity in patients with lip and cleft palate is the use of forming, which are attachments that work the nasal deformity using functional orthopedics; these help avoiding to collapse and relapse the nasal ala, have more permeable airways and eliminate surgical adhesions by secretions or contraction of healing. The objective of this study is to present the case of a female patient of 9-year-old with bilateral lip and cleft palate presenting nasal disorders such as; short nasal projection. It indicated the use of the nasal retainer as postsurgical orthopedic device to improve the structural, functional and esthetic soft tissue deficiencies.