Cleft Lip and Palate Management

Ricardo D. Bennun, MD, MS, PhD, is Director Cleft Lip/palate & Craniofacial Programs at Asociacion PIEL, the University of Buenos Aires, and Maimonides University. He has won several awards and honors in his home country of Argentina for his work with cleft lip and palate treatment, and he speaks at conferences throughout the U.S. and South America. Julia F. de Harfin, DDS, PhD, is Professor and Chairman Orthodontics Department at Maimonides University, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has written four books, 15 chapters, and numerous articles for peer–reviewed journals and orthodontic trade magazines. George K. B. Sándor, MD, DDS, PhD, Dr. habil, is Professor of Tissue Engineering, Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Oulu, Finland, and Director of Research, BioMediTech, University of Tampere, Finland. David Genecov, MD, FACS, FAAP, is Director of the International Craniofacial Institute, Cleft Lip & Palate Treatment Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.

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Part 1 Principles


1 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: Evolving an Application toward Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery
George K. Sándor


2 The naso–labial region: A revision of the vascular anatomy
Ricardo D. Bennun


3 Epidemiological data about non syndromic oral cleft in Argentina
Ricardo D. Bennun


4 International MulticenterProtocol


Ricardo D. Bennun, Suvi P. Tainijoki, Leena Ylikontiola, George K. Sándor, Vanesa Casadio


Overview of key treatment by age


Feeding the Infant with Cleft Lip and Palate. The Oulu Perspective


Detailed Speech Therapist Work


5 Dynamic Presurgical Naso Alveolar Remodeling in Unilateral and Bilateral Cases (D.P.N.R. Technique)
Ricardo D. Bennun, Analia C. Langsam


Part 2 Present Primary Surgical Reconstruction


6 PediatricAnesthesia Considerations
Luis Moggi, Maria Bevilacqua, Diofre Ponce, Ricardo D. Bennun


7 Unilateral Complete Cleft Lip and Nose Reconstruction
Ricardo D. Bennun, David Genecov


8 Bilateral Complete Cleft Lip and Nose Reconstruction
Ricardo D. Bennun, George K. Sándor


9 Unilateral and Bilateral Complete Cleft Palate Reconstruction
Ricardo D. Bennun, Luis Monasterio Aljaro


Part 3 Orthodontics Treatment


10 Correction of transverse problems in cleft patients using the Maimonides protocol
Julia F. Harfin


11 Changes in arch dimension after orthodontic treatment in cleft patients
Julia F. Harfin


12 The real orthodontic treatment in adults cleft patients
Julia F. Harfin


13 Strengthening Surgical/Orthodontic Interrelationships
Julia F. Harfin, Ricardo D. Bennun


Part 4 Improving results in Cleft Lip and Palate Interdisciplinary Management


14 To what extent could dental alveolar osteo–genesis be achieved only with ortothodontic treatment in cleft patients?
Julia F. Harfin


15 Laser treatment of Cleft lip scars
Agustina Vila Echague


16 3D Photography in cleft patients
Virpi Harila,Tuomo Heikkinen,Ville Vuollo, George K. Sándor, Pertti Pirttiniemi


Index