Sequential palatal expansion and premaxillary retrusion for cleft palate infants. 1979

C G Stankewitz, and E E Overton, and J S Brudvik, and F C Burton

This article has described a technique to achieve maxillary orthopedics for the infant with a bilateral cleft lip, protruded premaxilla, and intact palate. Both maxillary expansion and retraction of the premaxilla can be accomplished with the same prosthesis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008046 Lip Either of the two fleshy, full-blooded margins of the mouth. Philtrum,Lips,Philtrums
D008437 Maxilla One of a pair of irregularly shaped bones that form the upper jaw. A maxillary bone provides tooth sockets for the superior teeth, forms part of the ORBIT, and contains the MAXILLARY SINUS. Maxillae,Maxillary Bone,Bone, Maxillary,Bones, Maxillary,Maxillary Bones,Maxillas
D009967 Orthodontic Appliances Devices used for influencing tooth position. Orthodontic appliances may be classified as fixed or removable, active or retaining, and intraoral or extraoral. (Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed, p19) Appliance, Orthodontic,Appliances, Orthodontic,Orthodontic Appliance
D009968 Orthodontic Appliances, Removable Dental devices such as RETAINERS, ORTHODONTIC used to improve gaps in teeth and structure of the jaws. These devices can be removed and reinserted at will. Clear Aligner Appliances,Clear Dental Braces,Invisalign,Aligner Appliance, Clear,Aligner Appliances, Clear,Appliance, Clear Aligner,Appliance, Removable Orthodontic,Appliances, Clear Aligner,Appliances, Removable Orthodontic,Brace, Clear Dental,Braces, Clear Dental,Clear Aligner Appliance,Clear Dental Brace,Dental Brace, Clear,Dental Braces, Clear,Orthodontic Appliance, Removable,Removable Orthodontic Appliance,Removable Orthodontic Appliances
D010155 Palatal Expansion Technique An orthodontic method used for correcting narrow or collapsed maxillary arches and functional cross-bite. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry), Maxillary Expansion,Palatal Expansion Technic,Expansion, Maxillary,Palatal Expansion Technics,Palatal Expansion Techniques,Technic, Palatal Expansion,Technique, Palatal Expansion
D010347 Patient Care Planning Usually a written medical and nursing care program designed for a particular patient. Nursing Care Plans,Goals of Care,Plans, Nursing Care,Care Goal,Care Goals,Care Plan, Nursing,Care Planning, Patient,Care Plans, Nursing,Nursing Care Plan,Plan, Nursing Care,Planning, Patient Care
D010521 Periosteum Thin outer membrane that surrounds a bone. It contains CONNECTIVE TISSUE, CAPILLARIES, nerves, and a number of cell types.
D002971 Cleft Lip Congenital defect in the upper lip where the maxillary prominence fails to merge with the merged medial nasal prominences. It is thought to be caused by faulty migration of the mesoderm in the head region. Harelip,Cleft Lips,Harelips,Lip, Cleft,Lips, Cleft
D002972 Cleft Palate Congenital fissure of the soft and/or hard palate, due to faulty fusion. Cleft Palate, Isolated,Cleft Palates,Palate, Cleft,Palates, Cleft

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