Cleft Lip and Palate Management (eBook)

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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Preface, xxx

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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