Primary treatment in cleft lip and/or cleft palate patients

SAIJO Hideto, KAWASE-KOGA Yoko

doi:10.5794/jjoms.59.148

Abstract: The treatment of patients with cleft lip and/or cleft palate, which occurs in relatively high incidence anong congenital disorders, requires long-term follow up from birth to adulthood. Moreover, it needs a multidisciplinary approach by oral surgeons, plastic surgeons, pediatric doctors, otolaryngologists, orthodontists, prosthodontists, and speech pathologists. Some departments of oral and maxillofacial surgery work actively with obstetrics departments that have been performing the prenatal diagnosis. Sinceinfant patients force the problem of milk consumption, some institutions use the palatal plate and incorporate orthognathic treatment. Furthermore, surgical treatment is essential for the functional and aesthetic improvements of patients. Numerous techniques for primary treatment of cleft lip and cleft palate have been described in the literature. This paper describes the typical surgical techniques for patients with the cleft lip and cleft palate at prenatal stage to initial treatment.

Primary treatment in cleft lip and/or cleft palate patients

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