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Cleft Palate- An Overview - Couverture souple

Mittal, Nitin; Chowdhury, Shouvik

 
9783659415951: Cleft Palate- An Overview

Synopsis

A cleft palate (palatoschisis) is a fissure in the roof of the oral cavity. It is usually a congenital deformity that leads to abnormal communication between the oral and nasal cavities. Problems are cosmetic, dental, speech, swallowing, hearing, facial growth, emotional. The zones involved by common oral clefts are upper lip, alveolar ridge, hard palate and soft palate. More than 50% are combined clefts of lip and palate and about one-fourth are bilateral. The psychological and socio-economic handicap of oral clefts may be severe. It is a deformity that can be seen, felt and heard, and constitutes a crippling affliction.This book gives an overview of cleft palate starting from history to current treatment options.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A cleft palate (palatoschisis) is a fissure in the roof of the oral cavity. It is usually a congenital deformity that leads to abnormal communication between the oral and nasal cavities. Problems are cosmetic, dental, speech, swallowing, hearing, facial growth, emotional. The zones involved by common oral clefts are upper lip, alveolar ridge, hard palate and soft palate. More than 50% are combined clefts of lip and palate and about one-fourth are bilateral. The psychological and socio-economic handicap of oral clefts may be severe. It is a deformity that can be seen, felt and heard, and constitutes a crippling affliction.This book gives an overview of cleft palate starting from history to current treatment options.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr. Nitin Mittal, completed his Masters Of Dental Surgery in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery from Bangalore, Karnataka. He is a successful practising Maxillofacial Surgeon in Punjab and has several National & International publication in his credit. His field of interest is complex maxillofacial trauma, aesthetic facial surgeries and reconstruction.

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