Rehabilitative treatment of cleft lip and palate: experience of the Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies/USP (HRAC/USP) - Part 1: overall aspects

Autor: José Alberto de Souza Freitas, Lucimara Teixeira das Neves, Ana Lúcia Pompéia Fraga de Almeida, Daniela Gamba Garib, Ivy Kiemle Trindade-Suedam, Renato Yassutaka Faria Yaedú, Rita de Cássia Moura Carvalho Lauris, Simone Soares, Thais Marchini Oliveira, João Henrique Nogueira Pinto
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Journal of Applied Oral Science, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 9-15 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-7757
1678-7765
DOI: 10.1590/S1678-77572012000100003
Popis: Cleft lip and palate is the most common among craniofacial malformations and causes several esthetic and functional implications that require rehabilitation. This paper aims to generally describe the several aspects related to this complex pathology and the treatment protocol used by the Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, University of São Paulo (HRAC-USP) along 40 years of experience in the treatment of individuals with cleft lip and palate.
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