Abstract 80: Developing A Sustainable Nasoalveolar Molding Program In Outreach Settings: An Eight-year Follow-up

摘要

Purpose: Global Smile Foundation (GSF) is a non profit foundation that provides comprehensive cleft care to underserved patients. GSF focuses on long-term follow up and sustainability of local healthcare teams, having engaged in 32 years of follow up in Ecuador. In 2012, GSF added presurgical NasoAlveolar Molding (NAM) therapy for their patients in Guayaquil, Ecuador, as part of its sustainability and empowerment initiative. We present longitudinal data on 189 patients treated with NAM and discuss the challenges/barriers to its completion.