EFFECTS OF EARLY MAXILLARY ORTHOPEDICS IN COORDINATION WITH DELAYED SURGERY FOR CLEFT-LIP AND PALATE
EFFECTS OF EARLY MAXILLARY ORTHOPEDICS IN COORDINATION WITH DELAYED SURGERY FOR CLEFT-LIP AND PALATE
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10.1016/s0301-0503(79)80041-7
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
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GNOINSKI, WM
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HOTZ, MM;GNOINSKI, WM
In the coordinated management of cleft lip and palate patients early maxillary orthopedic treatment is indispensable in order to meet functional requirements while surgical intervention is postponed in order to minimize subsequent growth disturbance, create optimal conditions for the maxillary segments to develop their entire growth potential, maintain or improve arch form and control effects of surgical lip closure. The orthopedic appliance used is a plate of compound soft and hard arcylic resin. Lip surgery is performed at about 6 mo. of age, velar at closure at 18 mo. The hard palate is left untouched up to an age when growth of the anterior maxillary arch is practically completed, timing of hard palate closure depending on speech proficiency as well as on dental development. In spite of a wide variation of arch size and width at birth, normalization of arch form occurs within the first 1 1/2 yr of life, due to the considerable growth rate, which is similar to that in normals. At the 5 yr age level, the median values of post-gingival width and alveolar crest length closely approximate those of a non-cleft sample. Speech development is not relevantly impaired by 2-stage palatal closure.