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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 41-47 |
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Diagnosis and presurgical orthopedics in infants with cleft lip and palate
Fundagul Bilgic, Ozlem Akinci Sozer
Department of Orthodontics, Dentistry Faculty, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Fundagul Bilgic
Department of Orthodontics, Dentistry Faculty, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay
Turkey
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DOI: 10.4103/2278-9626.154159
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Cleft lip and palate are one of the most common congenital craniofacial malformations. While preoperative treatment for infants with cleft lip and palate is still a scientific debate, patients with this malocclusion usually have to be treated from infancy to adulthood. Orthodontist plays an important role in the treatment of patients with cleft lip and palate. The purpose of this review is to give information about cleft lip and palate and presurgical nasoalveolar molding. |
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