Show Treat Cleft Palate Within hours after birth infants infants in in- Cants born with cleft palates at the Tufts New England Medical Medical Med Med- ical Center are being fitted with special dental plates which they will wear about 23 hours a day for Cor five weeks to a year THE TIlE INDIVIDUALLY fitted devices help realign the bony deformities and cause a thickening thickening thickening thick thick- ening of the soft tissues of the upper jaw The device is reshaped frequently frequently frequently fre fre- fre- fre to conform to the changing shape of oC the infants infant's infants infant's infants infant's in in- fant's mouth and jaw It causes the deforming cleft to become much smaller and in some patients almost to close Surgical Surgical Surgical Sur Sur- problems are simplified because of the changes made by the device THE TilE DEVICE enables infants to bottle feed normally almost at once Nearly infants have been fitted in the past three years with excellent re re- re- re suits I |