May 2022 18

I chatted with several sisters pregnant with angels these days and saw the three-dimensional and four-dimensional data of children. It is necessary to have such data for preoperative orthodontics, at least for now. Sisters are always saying, alas, what should we do with such a large amount of data? The doctor's reply is that the data has no effect on us, and they are all the same operations. I told my sister that this is true, because doctors still have to cut across the board, because there is not enough space, and for the sake of overall beauty.

This reminds me of the flowers planted a few days ago, a very small one with only two or three leaflets, but there are already many roots. Hu Bing said, I dug a hole with my finger and put it down. I said, why don't you try? He tried it, but he couldn't fit a small flower in the hole where his little hand reached down, and the flower root couldn't come out. Because florets grow many roots in the process of cultivation. I said, what do you think of mom's planting? Take a small shovel, shovel it down, dig a small hole, then put the flower down and compact the soil around it. Hu Bing said, so simple? Yes, if there is not enough room for the little finger, you can't plant it. Hu Bing saw the whole process, so he understood.

The same is true for cleft lip surgery, whether it is once or twice (I just measured it with a ruler, and my position from the bottom of my nose to my red lip is less than 2 cm, and my baby is smaller). I told one of my sisters that because of a cleft lip and palate research, I watched the live surgery of Professor Shi Bing and Dean Kuang. How is this operation done?

The thin lip was cut into three layers under a high-power microscope, and then stitched on both sides. Every stitch should be tied in a knot and sewn in three layers. There are several stitches on each floor, which is different from sewing clothes, not one stitch at a time. So a sister asked, it's only two degrees. Why do you have to cut to the tip of your nose? Don't cut to the bottom of the nose, there is not enough space. (Bing Dad once said something about this operation. Didn't he just sew both sides back? Any surgeon can do it. I don't think so. In addition to suture, this operation should also consider the normal use of the whole mouth.

Why do you need orthodontics? I wrote an article before, and today I mainly talk about my new ideas. A few days ago, I sent a photo of Bing's birth to my friends in the group. And I've been thinking about this preoperative orthodontics these days. Besides those pre-operative orthodontics, what are the benefits?

Yes! Without preoperative orthodontics, my child will keep his mouth open until the operation. Bing didn't start orthodontics until ten days after he was born. It is observed that the cracked lips are much bigger than when he was born, and the affected side is obviously upturned. This is also an inevitable result, because children are growing up day by day. Later, I did preoperative orthodontics and got closer every day.

Because of the preoperative orthodontics, I can feel that the child is getting better every day, instead of opening his mouth with three flaps. With braces and duct tape, he can drink milk and his tongue is more normal. Before orthodontic treatment, when he did nothing but drink milk, he would put his tongue on the crack instead of closing his mouth. After the preoperative orthodontics, you will find that he doesn't need to block his gap with his tongue, but keeps his mouth closed normally.

However, without preoperative orthodontics, he will put his tongue against the fissure and make the cleft palate bigger. This is what the doctor said, and I think it is true, because as long as he is fine, he will roll up his tongue and push it up, and his upper jaw will crack. Can you push it up for so long without widening it?

There are also children with third-degree cleft lip and palate, which basically crack to the bottom of the nose, one side, three mouths, two sides and four mouths. It looks pathetic and strange, but it's different after orthodontics. Someone asked, it can be said that there is something wrong with the mouth, and it is good to be doing a treatment. I once told people that people said, Oh, what a pity. Everyone will also ask with concern, is it necessary to go to the hospital every day? I said no, the doctor taught me. I cook it for him at home every day. Then people won't ask too many questions.

Some people will think, is it rabbit lips? I said, yes. People will say, hey, did you move your bed and use scissors when you were pregnant? We can say, well, oh, don't explain too much, and then say, alas, the technology is very good now, and it is good to do the operation well. Then people will look at Hu Bing meaningfully, and their eyes will say, It's all your mother's fault, which has hurt you. But you'll be fine after the operation.

We don't have to worry about it. Our children will be fine, and it's not because we moved the bed or anything. We just want to do the surgery.

Ice mother said for a long time, just want everyone to feel at ease, don't worry, the child will be fine. Just like Brother Bing said, he will be like him after the operation, and he can be like a normal person.