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Patient Outcomes for Maxillary Cleft Management: Literature Review and Guiding Principles

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The goal of cleft care is to correct head and neck dysfunctions in the child and achieve optimal facial aesthetics through efficient staged reconstruction and dental rehabilitation of the malformation [1, 2]. Successful management of the cleft skeletal defect/deformity includes closure of the oronasal fistula, achievement of bony unification of the clefted segments, successful eruption of the maxillary canine through the grafted cleft site while limiting maxillary growth disturbances.

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Kinard, B., Posnick, J.C. (2023). Patient Outcomes for Maxillary Cleft Management: Literature Review and Guiding Principles. In: Ricalde, P. (eds) Cleft Maxillary Reconstruction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24636-4_11

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