Research progress on preoperative orthodontic treatment for children with cleft lip and palate
The treatment of children with cleft lip and palate is a multidisciplinary sequence of treatments,in which the preoperative orthodontic treatment of infants and children is a very important and basic element of the sequence of treatments,and the main purpose of the treatment is to reduce the difficulty of the surgery and to improve the surgical results.Preoperative correction of cleft lip and palate has improved recently due to the introduction of new technologies,preoperative orthodontic appliances,and orthodontic concepts,as well as the growing body of knowledge about cleft lip and palate diseases.This article provides a review of the latest advances in preoperative orthodontic treatment of children with cleft lip and palate.
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