Schwarz, Steffen Jochen;
Brandenburg, Leonard Simon;
Weingart, Julia Vera;
Schupp, Wiebke;
Füssinger, Marc Anton;
Stocker, Sophia Aurelia;
Metzger, Marc Christian
Successful Management of Cleft Lip and Palate Malformation without Pre-Surgical Infant Orthopedics
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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Successful Management of Cleft Lip and Palate Malformation without Pre-Surgical Infant Orthopedics
Contributor:
Schwarz, Steffen Jochen;
Brandenburg, Leonard Simon;
Weingart, Julia Vera;
Schupp, Wiebke;
Füssinger, Marc Anton;
Stocker, Sophia Aurelia;
Metzger, Marc Christian
imprint:
MRE Press, 2021
Published in:Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry
Description:
<jats:p>Objective: To investigate the effect of lip closure on reduction of cleft palates when no pre-surgical infant orthopedics (PSIO) are used. Study design: Retrospective patient chart-review in our department for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery at the University Medical Centre Freiburg, Germany. 19 patients at the age of 5.9 ± 2.1 months with surgical treatment of uni- (UCLP), or bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP) without any use of PSIO were included. Results: Early soft tissue correction of the lip leads to an effective reduction of the maxillary arch without any use of PSIO. The presented conventional and digital measurements appeared to be reliable. A successful reduction of the cleft width (UCLP = 3.88 ± 2.42mm, BCLP = 7.33 ± 5.00mm), the width of the alveolar arch (1.91 ± 1.36mm) and the sagittal depth of the alveolar arch (3.07 ± 2.71 mm) could be achieved with the presented workflow. Conclusions: Cleft reduction was obtainable without PSIO when lip closure after Tennison-Randall was performed.</jats:p>