TY - CHAP
T1 - Management of maxillary deformities in growing cleft patients
AU - Liou, Eric J.W.
AU - Chen, Philip K.T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2013/8/1
Y1 - 2013/8/1
N2 - The maxillary deformities in growing cleft patients could be a hypoplastic maxilla, downward and/or laterally displaced premaxilla in bilateral clefts, wide alveolar cleft and fistula, or combinations of the above deformities. It is a challenge for both orthodontist and surgeon to treat a hypoplastic maxilla with wide alveolar cleft in a growing unilateral or bilateral cleft patient or a downward or laterally displaced premaxilla with wide alveolar cleft and fistula in a growing bilateral cleft patient.
AB - The maxillary deformities in growing cleft patients could be a hypoplastic maxilla, downward and/or laterally displaced premaxilla in bilateral clefts, wide alveolar cleft and fistula, or combinations of the above deformities. It is a challenge for both orthodontist and surgeon to treat a hypoplastic maxilla with wide alveolar cleft in a growing unilateral or bilateral cleft patient or a downward or laterally displaced premaxilla with wide alveolar cleft and fistula in a growing bilateral cleft patient.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-30770-6_30
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-30770-6_30
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84929051845
SN - 3642307698
SN - 9783642307690
SP - 671
EP - 692
BT - Cleft Lip and Palate
PB - Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
ER -