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Technique of rapid expansion in patients with cleft lip and palate. 1980

P I Townend

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
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
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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Rapid maxillary expansion in cleft lip and palate patients.

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[Investigation of maxillary expansion in cleft lip and palate patients].

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[Forced maxillary expansion. 2: Patients with cleft lip, jaw and palate].

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