[Preoperative orthodontic treatment of cleft lip, palate and jaw by the McNeil method].
1965
B Graf-Pinthus
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MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D007223
Infant
A child between 1 and 23 months of age.
Infants
D009971
Orthodontics, Corrective
The phase of orthodontics concerned with the correction of malocclusion with proper appliances and prevention of its sequelae (Jablonski's Illus. Dictionary of Dentistry).
Corrective Orthodontics
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.