Treatment of maxillary hypoplasia in cleft lip and palate patients: Keeping the total burden of care as low as possible

Introduction: Maxillary hypoplasia is a common problem in cleft patients. The literature has shown that early treatment is unstable; nevertheless, early maxillary protraction may still be taken into consideration, if specific functional problems exist. On the other hand, long-term results of the app...

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Main Author: Maria Costanza Meazzini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Cleft Lip Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies
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Online Access:http://www.jclpca.org/article.asp?issn=2348-2125;year=2020;volume=7;issue=1;spage=1;epage=7;aulast=Meazzini