Tiffany Patternoster: Hello this is just Teddy.
Jennifer Mathew: Jason Patternoster is one tough toddler.
Female Speaker: He is 100% toddler
Jennifer Mathew: Mom Tiffany has wangled his only visible facial scar.
Tiffany Patternoster: Touch your class teddy.
Jennifer Mathew: Resulted from a recent tumble.
Jason Mathew: Okay.
Jennifer Mathew: You would never guess this three year old was born with a severe cleft lip and palate. Doctor spotted the cleft during Tiffany routine pre-natal ultra sound three days after he was born. Jason began a unique treatment called Nasoalveolar molding or NAM.
Lisa Vecchione: This baby’s are very moldable after birth because of the increased level of maternal astringent.
Jennifer Mathew: With NAM, orthodontist take a dental depression of a new born mouth in order to create a mold, similar to a small denture, the baby wears it around the clock, guiding the mouth and lip into place.
Lisa Vecchione: And I make small adjustments where I add, denture liner to push the gum ranging the position that I wanted to be in and I relieved areas of the denture that I want the tissue to grow into.
Jennifer Mathew: Doctors examine Jason weekly adding nasal stents to help shape his face after five months plastic surgeons repaired the cleft nose and lip.
Joseph Losee: It really sets the stage to make surgery much easier.
Tiffany Patternoster: See your stitches one, two.
Jason Patternoster: One.
Tiffany Patternoster: Because he had a boo-boo on his lip like you had.
Jennifer Mathew: These days Jason has a smile that lights up a room. Tiffany credits the surgical team and Nasoalveolar molding.
Tiffany Patternoster: Its so most wonderful things that we could have been introduced you to for Jason.
Female Speaker: He is on give teddy a kiss and tell me over you okay. Alright.
Jennifer Mathew: This is Jennifer Mathew reporting.
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