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<p>Cleft lip and palate (CLP) are conditions that require long-term management and review from infancy to adolescence. Surgical procedures become easier when nasoalveolar moulding (NAM) measures are applied during the neonatal period. Orthodontic treatment provided for these patients during the progressive dentition developmental periods can achieve positive aesthetic and functional results. In patients affected by a CLP, the lateral incisor in the cleft region is usually missing and multidisciplinary prosthodontic rehabilitation of the edentulous space is often required. In the present case report, positive results of NAM, coupled with orthodontic and prosthodontic treatment are presented for a CLP patient who began management during the neonatal period. In addition, a minimally invasive aesthetic restoration is presented as a solution for the prosthodontic rehabilitation of a missing lateral incisor.</p>
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Cleft lip and palate (CLP) are conditions that require long-term management and review from infancy to adolescence. Surgical procedures become easier when nasoalveolar moulding (NAM) measures are applied during the neonatal period. Orthodontic treatment provided for these patients during the progressive dentition developmental periods can achieve positive aesthetic and functional results. In patients affected by a CLP, the lateral incisor in the cleft region is usually missing and multidisciplinary prosthodontic rehabilitation of the edentulous space is often required. In the present case report, positive results of NAM, coupled with orthodontic and prosthodontic treatment are presented for a CLP patient who began management during the neonatal period. In addition, a minimally invasive aesthetic restoration is presented as a solution for the prosthodontic rehabilitation of a missing lateral incisor.

Multidisciplinary treatment from infancy to adolescence of a patient with a unilateral cleft lip and palate: a 16-year follow-up case report

Australasian Orthodontic Journal

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Multidisciplinary cleft lip and palate treatment

Cleft lip and palate (CLP) are conditions that require long-term management and review from infancy to adolescence. Surgical procedures become easier when...

Multidisciplinary treatment from infancy to adolescence of a patient with a unilateral cleft lip and palate: a 16-year follow-up case report

Article Category: research-article

Publicado en línea: 13 dic 2021

Páginas: 367 - 378

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/aoj-2021.043

© 2021 Taner Ozturk et al., published by Sciendo

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