Main description:

This book aims to teach the reader about all aspects of maxillary cleft reconstruction, with emphasis on management of the patient born with a congenital anomaly, cleft lip and palate, which will usually have been managed by several different providers during earlier childhood. Clinical anatomy, clinical and imaging assessment (including the role of CBCT), orthodontic considerations, surgical repair techniques, the approach in special situations, and outcome evaluation are all thoroughly described. While the focus is especially on the patient with mixed dentition, due attention is paid to prior influences on that stage, as well as to the changes that will occur subsequently.

Maxillary cleft reconstruction is a uniquely multidisciplinary component in reconstruction of cleft lip and palate. It is one of the most complex phases of rehabilitation, wherein orthodontics, dentistry, and surgery are immediately involved but presentation and eventual outcomes are heavily influenced by operations during the first year of life and by growth that is unpredictable and iatrogenically altered. This book will be of high educational and practical value to all who have an interest in the management of patients with cleft lip and palate.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Alveolar Cleft Grafting: Origins, Advances, Prospects Chapter 2: Clinical and Diagnostic Anatomy

Chapter 3: Clinical and Diagnostic Findings During Mixed Dentition

Chapter 4: Orthodontic Considerations for Patients with Cleft Lip and Palate

Chapter 5: Donor Site Options

Chapter 6: Surgical Repair of Maxillary Unilateral Cleft Defect

Chapter 7: Surgical Repair of Maxillary Bilateral Cleft Defect

Chapter 8: Special Situations

Chapter 9: Modified Orthognathic Surgery to Manage the Residual Alveolar Cleft(s)

Chapter 10: Establishing the Final Occlusion

Chapter 11: Patient Outcomes forMaxillary Cleft Management: Literature Review and Guiding Principles