Fixed presurgical orthopaedics for bilateral cleft lip and palate
Background: Presurgical orthopaedics has been employed since the 1950s as an adjunctive neonatal therapy for the correction of cleft lip and palate. It is accepted that presurgical orthopaedic plates facilitate lip repair and balanced orofacial growth. Aims: The aims of this retrospective study of n...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2005-05-01
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Series: | Australasian Orthodontic Journal |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-2005-0006 |