Cleft Lip and Palate (eBook)

Facial Embryology and Neonatal Palatal Cleft Morphology.- Developmental Biology and Morphogenesis of the Face, Lip and Palate.- Prenatal Diagnosis of Oral Clefts.- The Value of Longitudinal Facial and Dental Casts Records in Clinical Research and Treatment Analysis.- Facial and Palatal Growth.- Alternative Method Used to Correct Distorted Neonatal Cleft Arch Forms.- Types of Clefts.- The Effect of Clefting of the Lip and Palate an the Palatal Arch Form.- Clefts of the Lip and Alveolus and Clefts of the Uvulae and Soft Palate.- Complete Unilateral Cleft of the Lip and Palate.- Complete Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate.- Isolated Cleft Palate.- Submucous Cleft Palate.- Lip Pits; Orthodontic Treatment, Dentition and Occlusion; Associated Skeletal Structures.- Pierre Robin Sequence.- Facial Growth in Cleft Palate Children.- Characteristics of Facial Morphology and Growth in Infants with Clefts.- Facial Growth and Morphology in the Unoperated Cleft Lip and Palate Subject: The Sri Lanka Study.- A Brief Overview of Psychological Issues in Cleft Lip and Palate.- Craniofacial Psychology:New Directions.- Lip and Palate Surgery.- A Short History of Prepalatal Clefts.- Core Curriculum for Cleft Lip/Palate and other Craniofacial Anomalies.- Palatal Wound Healing:The Effects of Scarring on Growth.- Lip and Palate Surgery.- Diseases of the Ear in Children with Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies.- Timing of Cleft Palate Closure Should Be Based on the Ratio of the Area of the Cleft to That of the Palatal Segments and Not on the Age Alone.- Presurgical Orthopedics.- Neonatal Maxillary Orthopedics.- History of Neonatal Maxillary Orthopedics: Past to Present.- A Comparison of the Effects of the Latham-Millard POPLA Procedure with a Conservative Treatment Approach on Dental Occlusion and Facial Aesthetics in CUCLP and CBCLP.- Nasoalveolar Molding for Infants Born with Clefts of the Lip, Alveolus and Palate.- Surgical Treatment of Clefts of the Lip and Palate from Birth to Age Ten.- Midfacial Changes.- Protraction Facial Mask.- Protraction Facial Mask for the Correction of Midfacial Retrusion: The Bergen Rationale.- LeFort I Osteotomy.- Rigid External Distraction: Its Application in Cleft Maxillary Deformities.- Orthognathic Surgery.- Management of Maxillary Deformities in Growing Cleft Patients.- Remodeling the Craniofacial Skeleton by Distraction Osteogenesis - The Madible.- Cleft-Orthognathic Surgery.- Prevention of Relapse Following Cleftal Bone Grafting and the Future Use of BMP Cytokines to Regenerate Osseous Clefts Without Grafting.- Secondary Bone Grafting of Alveolar Clefts.- Speech Implication of Orthognathic Intervention.- The Nasopharyngeal Area.- Diagnostic Procedures and Instruments Used in the Assessment and Treatment of Speech.- Variations in Nasopharyngeal Skeletal Architecture.- The Velopharyngeal Mechanism.- The Nasal Airway in Breathing and Speech.- Surgical Management of Velopharyngeal Dysfunction.- Velopharyngeal Dysfunction Management Algorithms.- Speech.- Optimal Age for Palatoplasty to Facilitate Normal Speech Development: What is the Evidence?.- Speech, Language, and Velopharyngeal Dysfunction: Management Throughout the Life of an Individual with Cleft Palate.- Prosthetic Speech Appliances for Patients with Cleft Palate.- Palatal Lift Prosthesis for the Treatment of Velopharyngeal Incompetency and Insufficiency.- The Future.- Summary of Treatment Concepts and a New Direction for Future Palatal Growth Studies.- Eurocleft — An Experiment in Intercenter Collaboration.- Social, Ethical, and Health Policy Issues in the Care of Children with Major Craniofacial Conditions.