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Adult Unoperated Cleft Palate Patient in the Province of Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia : Cephalometric and Dental Case Study
Effects on maxillary and dentoalveolar following surgical treatment of cleft lip and palate are mainly atributed to a figh lip as well as scaming and wound contracture of the palate (Ross 1987: Bardach and Kelly 1988). Maxillary restroposition with or without mandibular protrusion and malocclusion are often found. However, these defomities coult be the additive effect of surgical intervention on endogenous developmental insufficiancy inherent to the cleft problem itself (Ross 1987). Relapse after orthodontic treatment may also be explained in part by an insuficient endogenous growth potential. Reports on unoperated individuals with facial clefts are important in determining developmental pattems untroubled by any form of treatment. Research on problems of measuring discrepancies in clefts are inherent or induced or both.
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