Hands-On Course on Naso Alveolar Moulding (NAM) — In-Office Module

In-office module · 1-to-1 training, only 2 participants · Dr Gajanan Shanbhag

A hands-on course on Naso Alveolar Moulding (NAM) for clefts, run as an in-office module with 1-to-1 training and only 2 participants per batch. Course mentor: Dr Gajanan Shanbhag, Orthodontist to the cleft team, Cleft Children International Mumbai. About the mentor: - Part of the Swiss cleft team, Mumbai - Practising NAM for the past 20 years - Trained under Dr Barry Grayson for NAM - Has treated over 300 babies with cleft NAM - Has trained more than 1,000 teachers, students and postgraduates in NAM - Author of the atlas on Grayson's NAM, with copies sold in 12 countries and to universities - Has lectured and conducted courses in universities in India and abroad Dates: 18th and 19th October 2026, Mumbai. Day 1 — 9 am to 5 pm; Day 2 — 9 am to 4 pm. Course fee: ₹28,000. Pay by UPI (scan the QR code on the fees page below) or Google Pay / Paytm on 9820089671, or contact the organiser for payment details. Once payment is done, send a WhatsApp message on 9820089671 or email drshanortho@rediffmail.com with your name, email ID and phone number. Refund policy: 50% refund if cancelled before 3rd October 2026; no refund after that. If the course is cancelled by the organisers, a 100% refund is extended. Contact: Dr Gajanan Shanbhag — 9820089671 · drshanortho@rediffmail.com

Course content

• - Introduction to Grayson NAM
• - Demonstration of fabrication of the NAM plate
• - Demonstration of attaching handles — plus hands-on attaching the handles
• - Principles and mechanism of NAM
• - Demonstration of applying resin — plus hands-on applying resin
• - Demonstration of taping in NAM — plus hands-on taping in NAM
• - Principles of nasal moulding and mechanism of the nasal stent
• - Demonstration of making the nasal stent — plus hands-on making the nasal stent
• - Lectures on other methods of NAM — Figueroa technique
• - Complications in NAM
• - Use of three-D and virtual technologies in NAM
• - Case reports
• - Long-term results in NAM
• - Letter to Dr Grayson

Highlights

• - Lectures on NAM
• - Demonstration of both unilateral and bilateral cleft on cleft dummies
• - Hands-on of unilateral and bilateral NAM
• - Workflow know-how of rapid prototyping technology in NAM
• - Grayson articles
• - Demonstration of taping on a cleft baby (subject to the baby's health and availability)
• - 3-D printing applications in NAM — lecture and technique
• - Figuera technique of NAM
• - Personalised mentoring
• - In-office module, 1-to-1 training, only 2 participants per batch

Includes

Each participant will get a copy of the colour atlas "Step by Step Grayson's Naso Alveolar Moulding in Clefts" — 300+ pictures and data from the past 10 years: long-term case reports, step-by-step pictures and illustrations, biomechanics, fabrication of the nasal conformer, contemporary CAD NAM, and troubleshooting and instructions for parents. Quality course materials are provided, with a step-by-step teaching method.