Treatment protocol for unilateral cleft lip and palate patients: questioned by two case reports

Background: The types and severity of clefts as well as palatal development and growth in children with repaired cleft lip and palate deformities can vary greatly. Independent of the technique used surgery produces scar tissue, which restricts palatal growth so that by the second decade many patient...

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Main Authors: Aly Medhat, Verdonck Anna, Carels Carine, Willems Guy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2005-11-01
Series:Australasian Orthodontic Journal
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-2005-0017