Skeletal facial balance and harmony in the cleft patient: Principles and techniques in orthognathic surgery

Abstract: The management of the palatal cleft, dental arch, and subsequent maxillary form is a challenge for the craniomaxillofacial surgeon. The purpose of this paper is to present the experience of a senior surgeon (KES) who has treated over 2000 patients with cleft lip and palate. This paper focuses on the experience of a recent series of 103 consecutive orthognathic cases treated by one surgeon with a surgical-orthodontic, speech-oriented approach. It will concentrate on not only correcting the occlusion, as others have described, but also on how a surgeon who was trying to achieve optimal aesthetic balance, harmony, and beauty, approached this problem.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Skeletal facial balance and harmony in the cleft patient: Principles and techniques in orthognathic surgery ; volume:42 ; number:S 01 ; year:2009 ; pages:S149-S167 ; 01 ; Indian journal of plastic surgery ; 42, Heft S 01 (2009), S149-S167, 01

Contributors, Places and Time

• Contributor: Salyer, Kenneth E. ; Xu, Haisong ; Portnof, Jason E. ; Yamada, Akira ; Chong, David K. ; Genecov, Edward R.

Further information

• DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.57196
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2501301238193.110844011325
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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