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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 1977; 10(01): 38-41
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1778328
Review Article

Bucconasal Fistula with Bilateral Supernumary Teeth in an Operated Cleft Lip and Palate Patient (A Case Report)

V. N. S. Yadava
1   Plastic Surgeon, Department of Surgery, G. S. V. M. Medical College, Kanpur
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R. P. Srivastava
2   Lecturer in Surgery, Department of Surgery, G. S. V. M. Medical College, Kanpur
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Summary

This article summons a 6 years boy born with congenital complete cleft of lip and palate of left side. The lip and palate was closed in two stages. But he had persistent bucconsal fistula and bilateral supernumary teeth, one each on either nostril, The left was erupted and right one was unerupted. The supernumary tooth were extracted in two stages. The fistula was closed in three layers with the transposition of labial mucosal flap for alveolar gap with successful result.



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