Cleft and Craniofacial Orthodontics
Comprehensive reference work for managing patients with orofacial
clefts and complex craniofacial conditions from birth to skeletal
maturity
Cleft and Craniofacial Orthodontics is a comprehensive and detailed
reference work on the management of patients with orofacial clefts and
complex craniofacial conditions. Covering patients ranging from birth to
skeletal maturity, the book provides orthodontists, plastic and oral and
maxillofacial surgeons, speech and language therapists, pediatric
dentists, and prosthodontists with the information they need to evaluate
and treat these conditions. Highlighting the multidisciplinary team
approach, the book aids clinicians in developing a complete plan for
their patients.
Each chapter is organized to reflect clinical practice, making it easy
to apply the information to the treatment setting. Additionally, a
companion website offers video clips of surgical and orthodontic
procedures to further aid in reader comprehension and application.
Sample topics covered within the work include:
- Introduction to orofacial clefting: cleft lip and palate anatomy,
cleft types and classification, epidemiology, and genetics of cleft
lip and palate
- Early management of orofacial clefting: prenatal diagnosis and
counselling, feeding infants with clefts, and development of
nasoalveolar molding therapy
- Orthodontic treatment: interceptive orthodontics, management of
anteroposterior and transverse discrepancies, preparation for alveolar
bone grafting, and combined orthodontic-orthognathic management
- Orthodontic and multidisciplinary management of twenty complex
craniofacial conditions including craniofacial microsomia,
Treacher-Collins syndrome, and syndromic craniosynostosis
Orthodontists, plastic surgeons, craniofacial surgeons, oral and
maxillofacial surgeons, speech and language therapists, pediatric
dentists, prosthodontists, and otolaryngologists can use this book to
attain essential knowledge on managing patients with orofacial clefts
and complex craniofacial conditions and understand how to apply that
knowledge to practical patient settings.
