Avtor/Urednik		Koželj, Vesna
Naslov		The basis for presurgical orthopaedic treatment of infants with unilateral complete cleft lip and palate
Tip		članek
Vir		In: Lee ST, Huang M, editors. Transactions of the 8th international congress on cleft palate and related craniofacial anomalies; 1997 Sep 7-12; Singapore. Singapore: Academy of medicine,
Leto izdaje		1997
Obseg		str. 389-93
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		We established that preoperative treatment with a passive plate and strapping efficiently corrected the deformity of the nasal septum. This is necessary to ensure unobstructed nasal breathing after surgical procedures, essential for maintenance of the proper posture of the oral cavity necessary for normal facial development. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the late results of the preoperative treatment. The study includes 21 children with unilateral complete cleft lip and palate (UCLP) who had six months of preoperative treatment with a passive plate and strapping. The present ages of the patients range from four to nine years. We evaluated the achieved growth on dental casts by comparing the parameters of each child with the mean values of normal contemporaries. Subjectively, we judged the posture of the oral cavity, position of the centre line, and dental occlusion. We ascertained that of them had a width, depth and length of the alveolar arch in the range of normal values. Three children out of 21 did not acquire the correct posture of the oral cavity. They became more or less manifest mouth breathers. They all had too small an alveolar arch for their ages. We feel that the result is reason enough to view this kind of preoperative treatment as an essential part of the treatment of children with UCLP.
Deskriptorji		CLEFT PALATE CLEFT LIP ORTHODONTICS NASAL SEPTUM INFANT ALVEOLAR PROCESS BREATHING EXERCISES